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Tripurasur-The three Demons
Narada requested lord Brahma to narrate
how lord Shiva annihilated the demons. Lord Brahma narrated
the tale of Tripurasur.
“After the killing of Tarakasur, three of his sons started doing
their penance. The eldest among them was Tarkaksha, younger
to him was Viddyunmali and Kamalaksha was the youngest. I
(Brahma) became very pleased by their tremendous penance.”
“They requested me to create three invincible forts for them,
which should be full of all kinds of wealth and splendour and
which nobody could be able to break.”
“A golden fort was constructed for Taraksha; for Kamlaksha a
fort of silver was constructed and for Viddyunmali iron-fort was
constructed. I had ordered the demon named Maya to construct
these forts. One of these forts was constructed in the sky, the
other was constructed on the earth and the third was constructed
in the nether world.”
“After constructing the forts for them Maya took the responsibil-
ity of protecting them. I (Brahma) warned the three demons that
they would be killed by lord Shiva. After this I came back.”
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