मंगल

maMgala

Purana

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मंगल«word3»↶P477L↷MAṄGALA

.

A

deity

in

the

form

of

kuja

or

Planet

Mars.

There

are

different

versions

in

the

Purāṇas

regarding

the

birth

of

maṅgala.(1)

satī

committed

suicide

at

the

Dakṣayāga

and

śiva

greatly

griefstricken

at

the

loss

of

his

wife

started

penance.

A

sweat

drop

fell

from

the

forehead

of

śiva

doing

severe

penance

and

maṅgala

was

the

son

born

of

that

drop.

śiva

then

installed

maṅgala

among

the

Navagrahas

and

according

to

the

science

of

astrology

this

Graha

is

considered

the

protector

of

the

landed

property

and

the

wife

of

a

person.

(śiva

purāṇa,

rudra

saṁhitā

1-10

and

skanda

purāṇa

4-1-17).(2)

śiva

married

Vikeśī

daughter

of

hiraṇyākṣa.

One

day

while

they

were

engaged

in

sexual

plays

agni

came

to

their

presence.

Enraged

at

this

the

eyes

of

śiva

blazed

with

anger

and

a

drop

of

hot

water

from

his

eyes

fell

on

the

face

of

Vikeśī

and

she

became

pregnant.

After

some

days

Vikeśī

found

it

impossible

to

bear

the

embryo

of

śiva

thus

formed

and

she

aborted

it.

A

child

was

born

and

the

goddess

of

earth

took

it

and

fed

it

with

breast

milk.

It

was

that

child

who

later

on

became

maṅgala.

(skanda

purāṇa).(3)

maṅgala

was

born

of

the

blood

drops

of

śiva.

(bhaviṣya

purāṇa).(4)

maṅgala

was

the

son

of

bharadvāja.

(Gaṇeśa

purāṇa).(5)

maṅgala

was

the

son

of

Bhūmidevī.

devas,

sages,

Brāhmaṇas,

Manus

and

Gandharvas

all

worshipped

bhūmi

at

the

time

of

Varāhakalpa.

It

is

also

said

in

the

Vedas

that

Bhūmidevī

is

the

wife

of

Mahāviṣṇu's

incarnation

as

varāha.

maṅgala

alias

the

planet

Mars

was

born

to

Bhūmidevī

of

Mahāviṣṇu

as

varāha.

(9th

skandha.

devī

bhāgavata).

Vedic Reference

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↶2:118↷Maṅgala

is

the

name

of

a

teacher

in

the

baudhāyana

śrauta

sūtra

(xxvi.

2).