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Tripurasur-The three Demons

The three demon-brothers started tormenting the deities. The

deities went to lord Brahma and narrated about their miseries.

Lord Brahma instructed them to seek the help of Shiva. They
went to lord Shiva and explained about their woes. They also

requested Shiva to eliminate those three demons. Lord Shiva in-

structed them to go to lord Vishnu and said-

“The Tripurasurs are very virtuous so they could not be killed.

You all must go to lord Vishnu and try to seek his help.”

The deities then went to lord Vishnu and made the same request.
Lord Vishnu performed an oblation. Thousands of armed spirit

appeared from the yagya-kunda. Lord Vishnu sent these spirits to

kill the three demon-brothers. But these spirits were no match for

the Tripurasurs might and they had to run for their lives. They
came to lord Vishnu and narrated the whole story. Lord Vish-

nu became very worried. He sent back all the deities and started

thinking about the means, Tripurasurs could be killed.

Lord Vishnu came to the conclusion that the Tripurasurs could

not be killed till they remain Virtuous and religious. He then cre-

ated an illusionary entity from his body who had no hairs on his

head. He had worn dirty clothes and a bag was hanging down his
shoulder. He also had a broom in his head.

The entity asked lord Vishnu about the purpose of his existence

and his name. Lord Vishnu told him that his name was Arihant.
Vedanta Sandesh He also instructed him to create a scripture which stresses upon

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