||Srimad Bhagavath Mahapuran||

||Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya||

Chapter – 47– The legend of Dhaththathreya

Kardhama Prajapathi and Devahoothi had nine daughters married to Saptha Rishis, Sage Vashishta and Atharvana respectively.  Sage Athri married to Anasooya, this couple had no offspring for quite some time.  They undertook extreme penance, the trinities Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu, and Lord Maheshwara appeared before them.  Sage Athri was contemplating upon Lord Vishnu, he was astounded to watch the mercy of Lord Bhrama and Lord Maheshwara and eulogized the trinities.  Lord Vishnu replied “We are immensely pleased with the devotion of you; we are ‘one’, assumed three different forms.  You have prayed for virtuous offspring, therefore we are offering you three virtuous sons who represent three of us.”  Thus Devi Anasooya blessed with three children Soma who is the essence of Lord Bhrama, Dhaththathreya who is the essence of Lord Vishnu,  and Durvassa who is the essence of Lord Shankara.

Dhakshaprajapthi and Prasoothi had sixteen daughters.  The thirteen daughters were Sradda, Maithri, Dhaya, Shanthi, Thushti, Pushti, Kriya, Unnathi, Buddhi, Medha, Dhidhiksha, Hri, and Murthi and these thirteen daughters were married to Lord Dharma,  and one of the wives of Lord Dharma,  Murthi gave birth to Rishi Nara and Narayana.  One daughter of Dhakshaprajapathi and Prasoothi was Swaha married to Lord Agni, one daughter Swadha was married to Pithrus, and Sathi was married to Lord Shiva.  Devi Sathi and Lord Shiva had no offspring, Devi Sathi was deeply distressed, later she had to sacrifice her life in the fire because she was married to Lord Shiva who is a mendicant with no clothes on, roam around with spirits in the funeral grounds, a supreme Yogi who undergoes meditation for several years, smeared in ashes from funeral pyre, adorned in serpents and Rudraksha, disheveled matted hair locks of reddish-brown color.  Dhakshaprajapathi was least pleased with the marriage of Devi Sati and Lord Shiva, so he sought after the advice of Lord Bhrama who suggested that they would make great pair.  The marriage of this couple was taken place in a humble manner and the couple started living in the Mount Kailash.