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With a remorseful
heart he went to the tank and had a dip in it. Quite suddenly he was also transformed to
his original self and in utter amazement looked around. To his surprise he found his
co-disciple on the other bank. After this happy union, they went into the temple to have
the blessings of the Lord. Lord Siva was
pleased to give them darsan and directed them to proceed to Kailas and join Nandikeswar
the spiritual preceptor. They agreed to his bidding provided their requests were granted,
namely, (1) the sins of those who would take bath in Pundarika Pushkarani would be washed
off, (2) thenceforth the name of the linga should be Kiratamarjareswarar in commemoration
of the incident leading to their salvation and (3) the place should be known thereafter as
Kiratamarjarapuram. Lord Siva granted the prayer and Kantha and Mahakantha went back to
Kailas. |
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