Once the God of wealth Kubera became very proud of his prosperity. He started throwing lavish parties to host all the Gods, to showcase his wealth. He invited Mahadeva many times, but Mahadev he refused. Kubera started visiting Mahadeva at Kailash and started offering Him jewels and ornaments. Mahadeva was not impressed by such offerings, but he sensed Kubera’s arrogance and decided to teach him a lesson. Next time when Kubera invited Mahadeva for his party, Mahadeva declined the invitation as u...
Jan 24, 2023•3 min•Season 2Ep. 100
Analasura was a demon who was born out of Yama and was made of fire. He could burn anything just by looking at themit. When Analasura started destroying the world with his extreme fire emitting eyes, all the Gods became worried and upon Guru Brihaspati’s advice prayed to Ganapati. Ganapati appeared in the form of a small boy and challenged Analasura. Analasura got angry at the baby Ganesha and tried to burn him too, but because of his small size he could not hit him with his fire. Finally, when ...
Jan 23, 2023•3 min•Season 2Ep. 99
After both her sons Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakashipu were killed, devi Diti was overtaken by grief. In order to avenge the death of her sons, she tried to please her husband Kashyap rishi, in order to get a son who would kill Indra. Indra disguised himself and started living with devi Diti and served her. One day Indra shrunk in size and entered Diti’s womb. He cut the baby growing inside her into 7 pieces. It didn’t kill the baby, in fact there were now 7 babies who started crying. So Indra kept ...
Jan 20, 2023•2 min•Season 2Ep. 98
Kashyap rishi’s wife devi Aditi had twelve sons, Vivaswana, Aryama, Pusha, Twashta, Savita, Bhag, Dhata, Vidhata, Varuna, Mitra, Indra and Trivikrama. विवस्वान, अर्यमा, पूषा, त्वष्टा, सविता, भग, धाता, विधाता, वरुण, मित्र, इन्द्र और त्रिविक्रमTogether they are called the twelve Adityas. Twashta was married to rachana, the younger sister of the Daityas, Rachana and they had two sons - Sannivesha and Vishwarupa. सन्निवेश और विश्वरूप When Devguru Brihaspati abandoned the Gods because of an insult by...
Jan 18, 2023•2 min•Season 2Ep. 97
In the ancient times in the city of Kanyakubja, lived a brahmin named Ajamila. Ajamila had no qualities of a Brahmin, and he instead he spent his time in doing wrong by others. He would rob people or con them to earn a livelihood. He spent all his life like this. He had ten sons. He loved the youngest one among them the most and named him “Narayana”. He would spend his old age playing with Narayana and would not eat before feeding young Narayana. When Ajamila’s time came, agents of Yama appeared...
Jan 17, 2023•2 min•Season 2Ep. 96
After Maharaj Prithu, his son Vijitashwa विजिताश्व became the king. His son was Havirdhan हविर्धान and grandson Bahirshad. बर्हिषद Bahirshad was married to the daughter of the ocean Shatdruti शतद्रुति. They had ten sons, who were collectively called Prachetas प्रचेता. The Prachetas worshipped Mahadev and Bhagwaan Vishnu for many years. With Narayana’s blessings they married Kandu Rishi and Apsara Pramalocha’s daughter Marisha मारिषा, who was raised by trees and Chandra. Marisha gave birth to Dak...
Jan 16, 2023•2 min•Season 2Ep. 95
According to the Padma Purana, during Shriram’s Ashwamedh yagya, the sacrificial horse was stopped by Mahadev’s ardent devotee King Veermani of Devpur. This resulted into a massive battle between Shriram’s army lead by Shatrughna and Bharat’s son Pushkal along with Bajarangbali. When Veermani’s army started losing he requested for Mahadev’s help. Mahadev heard the cries of his devotee and came to his rescue along with Veerbhadra and Nandi. Massive battle ensued, which resulted in Pushkal and Sha...
Jan 13, 2023•2 min•Season 2Ep. 94
When Lakshman ji was lying unconscious on the battlefield after a duel with Meghnad, Sushena Vaidya was called to treat him. The healer of the monkey clan needed Sanjivani herb from Dronagiri mountain to revive Lakshman ji. Because of his speed, Hanuman ji was given the task tohe retrieve the lifesaving herb. When Hanuman ji reached the mountain, he could not identify the herb, so without losing much time, he decided to carry the entire mountain with him. When Hanuman ji was flying in the sky ca...
Jan 12, 2023•2 min•Season 2Ep. 93
Hanuman ji Vs Bheema Hanuman ji and Bheema were both sons of the wind God, Pavan. So, when Hanuman ji sensed his younger brother becoming too proud of his physical prowess, he decided to teach him a lesson in humility. Once during the Pandava’s exile Hanumanji appeared on the path of Bheema, disguised as an old monkey. The old monkey was resting on a narrow path in the jungle, with his tail blocking the way. When Bheema was passing through, he asked the monkey to remove his tail from the path so...
Jan 11, 2023•2 min•Season 2Ep. 91
Once Balaram ji faced a monkey named Dvivida from Treta Yuga. He was a general in Sugriva’s army. He had become arrogant and had started troubling people. Balaram ji confronted the monkey and killed him in a duel. This victory made Balaram ji overconfident about his physical strength. Shrikrishna decided to teach his brother a lesson and requested for help from Hanuman ji. One day Hanuman ji appeared in the form of a normal monkey and started creating nuisance in Balaram ji’s garden. Balaram ji ...
Jan 10, 2023•2 min•Season 2Ep. 92
Gandhari’s Curse to ShriKrishna Mother of the Kauravas, Gandhari blamed Shrikrishna for causing all this death and destruction and cursed him that the way her entire lineage hads been destroyed, one day the sameday same thing will happen to his Yaduvansh. After this curse Shrikrishna returned to Dwarka and took all his relatives to Prabhas. He instructed his clan to conduct charitable acts while waiting for their impending doom. One day Satyaki and Kritavarma got into a debate over their actions...
Jan 06, 2023•2 min•Season 2Ep. 90
According to the Shanti Parva of Mahabharata after the war of Mahabharata Kunti told the truth about Karna’s birth to Yudhishthira. the Pandava brothers were very sad hearing about this and blamed their mother for keeping this a secret from them. They performed the last rites of Karna. However, because of keeping this secret Yudhishthira cursed all the women that they will be unable to keep any secret for long. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jan 04, 2023•1 min•Season 2Ep. 88
Before the Kurukshetra war Arjuna visited Alkapuri to seek divine weapons from Gods to prepare for the inevitable war. There he met Apsara Urvashi, who got infatuated with him and made advances towards him. Arjuna however, stopped her saying he considers Urvashi like his mother and cannot respond to her advances. Hearing this Urvashi got angry and cursed Arjuna to become a neuter and live among women as a dancer. When Arjuna told Indra about this curse, Indra convinced Urvashi to reduce the peri...
Jan 03, 2023•2 min•Season 2Ep. 87
Once Maharaj Pandu was hunting in a forest. He sensed some movement from behind the bushes and thinking it was a deer, shot an arrow. The arrow hit rishi Kindam and his wife, who were enjoying an intimate moment together disguised as deer. When Pandu realised what he had done, he pleaded forgiveness for his actions, however Kindam rishi cursed Pandu. As per Kindam rishi’s curse Pandu would die the moment he gets intimate with any woman. Following this, Pandu assigned his blind elder brother Dhri...
Jan 02, 2023•2 min•Season 2Ep. 86
During the fight between Bhagwaan Parshuram and Kartavirya Arjuna, Kartavirya’s soldiers started raiding the Ashrams. After Bhagwaan Parshuram killed Kartavirya, his sons attacked various Ashrams. During one such raid they attacked the Ashram of Parashara rishi. The great rishi tried to stop them and was hurt in his leg in the process. After this Parashara rishi started walking with a limp and became famous as the Limping Sage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Dec 30, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 85
Parashara grew up thinking, his grandfather Brahmarshi Vashishtha was his father. When he found out the truth and that his father and uncles were killed by a demon under the influence of rishi Vishwamitra, he decided to conduct a yajna to exterminate all the demons from the world. Rakshasa from all over the world started burning in the fire of Parashara’s yajna. When Pulastya rishi noticed this destruction he requested Vashishtha rishi to stop his grandson. Rishi Vashishtha told Parashara rishi ...
Dec 28, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 83
Once Brahmarshi Vashishtha’s eldest son Shakti Maharshi was going somewhere on a narrow path. On the way he met King Kalmashpada of Ikshwaku dynasty. They both got into an argument over who has the right to cross first. The argument escalated to a level that the King hit the Rishi with a whip. The Angry rishi cursed the king to become a demon. The demon king under the influence of rishi Vishwamitra killed and ate Shakti Maharshi and his brothers. Rishi Vashishtha was so grief stricken that he de...
Dec 27, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 82
Located in Manali, Himanchal Pradesh, this temple is dedicated to Bhima’s wife, devi Hidimba. The sanctuary is built over a huge rock jutting out of the ground which was worshiped as an image of the deity. During their time living in forests Bhima had killed the demon Hidimb and married his sister Hidimba. Hidimba’s son Ghatotkach fought in the Kurukshetra war and was instrumental in getting rid of the infallible Vasawi Dart of Indra from Karna. After their marriage Devi Hidimba didn’t accompany...
Dec 23, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 81
Situated at the base of Annamalai Hills in Tamilnadu, this temple is dedicated to the Agni Linga form of Bhagwaan Shankar. It is believed that Mahadev graces this place in his Ardhanarishwar form. According to the Pauranik text, once Bhagwaan Brahma and Bhagwaan Vishnu got into a debate over who is more important for the functioning of the universe. When the debate could not be settled, Mahadev appeared between them in the form of an endless pillar of fire. Both Brahmadev and Bhagwaan Vishu coul...
Dec 21, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 79
Situated in Kollum District Kerala, Peruviruthy Malanada Temple is probably the only temple dedicated to Kaurava Prince Duryodhana. In this temple Kaurava prince is being worshipped for many generations. There are many other temples in the vicinity dedicated to Gandhari, Dushala, Karna etc. There is no idol in this temple, instead there is an empty platform that is worshipped as Duryodhan’s throne. It is believed that during the incognito period of Pandava’s exile Duryodhana along traveled all o...
Dec 20, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 78
Mitravinda was princess of Avanti. Her brother Vinda and Anuvinda were Duryodhan’s friends and wanted her to marry him in order to strengthen their friendship with Hastinapur crown. However, Mitravinda wanted to marry Shrikrishna. When Vinda and Anuvinda organized her sister’s swayamvar, they deliberately did not invite Shrikrishna. Balaram told Shrikrishna that Mitravinda is in love with him and he should gate crash the swayamvar and marry her. Shrikrishna sent his sister Subhadra to get a sens...
Dec 15, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 76
Jambvanti was the daughter of Jambwan, who was a general in Shriram’s army in battle against Ravan. During the search of Syamantak gem Shrikrishna and Jambwan got into a duel, which lasted many days. In the end Jambwan realised that Shrikrishna was an incarnation of his beloved Shriram and sought forgiveness. He proposed to marry his daughter Jambvanti to Shrikrishna in return for giving him the precious gem. Shrikrishna agreed and married Jambvanti. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...
Dec 14, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 75
An incarnation of mother earth, Devi Satyabhama was the daughter of Satrajit, a Yadav king of Andhak clan. Satrajit was in possession of the divine Syamantak gem, which was gifted to him by the Sun. When the precious gem was lost, Satrajit accused Shrikrishna of stealing it. Shrikrishna went into search of the gem, in order to get rid of the accusations and found the gem in possession of Jambwan. Shrikrishna took the gem from Jambwan and returned it to Satrajit. Pleased with this Satrajit decide...
Dec 12, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 74
Rukmini was an incarnation of Devi Laksmi and was born as the daughter of Bhishmak, king of Vidarbha. Her brother Rukmi wanted to marry her to his friend Shishupal, however she wanted Shrikrishna as her husband. When her brother did not listen to her, she invited Shrikrishna to abduct her from her palace. After receiving Rukmini’s invitation Shrikrishna rescued her from her palace without any delay. When Rukmi tried to stop them Shrikrishna defeated him in battle, however he allowed him to live ...
Dec 12, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 73
Vinda and Anuvinda were sons of King Jayasena of Avanti and brothers of Mitravinda. Both were friends and ally of Duryodhan and did not like Shrikrishna for his closeness to Pandava. When Mitravinda chose Shrikrishna in her swayamvar, both brothers opposed this and fought Shrikrishna. Shrikrishna defeated them in battle and married Mitravinda. During Yudhishthir’s Rajsuya yagya Sahadev fought and defeated both brothers to bring Avanti under Yudhishthir’s control. In the battle of Kurukshetra bot...
Dec 09, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 72
Rukmi was the son of King Bhishmak of Vidarbha and elder brother of Rukmini. He wanted Rumini to marry his friend Shishupal, but Rukmini wanted to marry Shrikrishna so she secretly invited him to abduct her from Vidarbha. Shrikrishna abducted Rukmini and was challenged by Rukmi. Shrikrishna defeated Rukmi, however on Rukmini’s request spared his life and let him go after shaving his head. Later during Mahabharat war Rukmi approached both Arjuna and Duryodhan to fight from their side in the war, ...
Dec 08, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 71
Due to the curse of the four Kumars, the gatekeepers of Vaikuntha Jay and Vijay were born as Shrikrishna’s sworn enemies Shishupal and Dantvakra in Dwapar Yuga. Shrikrishna’s father Vasudev’s sister Shrutadevi was married to king Vriddhasharman of Karusha kingdom. Their son was Dantavakra. Dantavatra, like his cousin Shishupal was also an ally of Jarasandh and an enemy of Shrikrishna. During Yudhishthir’s Rajsuya yagya, he was defeated by Sahadev and he was present in the assembly when Shrikrish...
Dec 07, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 70
Due to the curse of the four Kumars, the gatekeepers of Vaikuntha Jay and Vijay were born as Shrikrishna’s sworn enemies Shishupal and Dantvakra in Dwapar Yuga. Shrikrishna’s father Vasudev’s sister Shrutashrava was married to the king of Chedi, and Shishupal was their son. When Shishupal was born he was born with a third eye and two extra hands. After his birth a divine voice announced that whoever’s touch can cause the baby to drop his extra limbs will kill him. When Shrikrishna came to visit ...
Dec 06, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 69
Shrikrishna’s father Vasudev had a son from one of his wives, Sutanu, the princess of Kashi. His name was Paundrak. Since Vasudev spent many years inside Kansa’s prison after his marriage with Devaki, Paundrak grew up in Kashi and inherited the throne. Paundrak was an ally of Shrikrishna’s sworn enemy Jarasandh. He would call himself the real Shrikrishna and imitate him in every way, including calling himself Vasudev. Shrikrishna tried his best to talk him out of this charade but he did not list...
Dec 05, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 68
King Sagar had sixty thousand one sons. Sagar’s sixty thousand sons dug the entire earth and created an ocean looking for the horse of their father’s Ashwamedh yagya. These sixty thousand sons of Sagar were burnt to ashes by Kapil muni. Sagar’s remaining son Asamanjas had a son Anshuman, who became heir to the throne. In the line of Asamanjas was born Bhagirath. Bhagirath performed severe penance to Brahmadev and Mahadev seeking their help in bringing the divine river Ganga to earth. He eventual...
Dec 02, 2022•2 min•Season 2Ep. 67
