TRISAKTIPEETHAM

This Lord has a strange passion for panakam - a beverage made from jaggery, cardamom etc. and blesses the adorers with boons in addition to removing the sins of all kinds with panaka naivedyam only. Though he preferred honey naivedya in the Kritayuga; milk naivedya in the Tretayuga, ghee in the Dwaparayuga, he now satisfies himself with panakam alone. Arid moreover; he receives only half of the quantity offered, and the rest is given back to the devotees. When the priest pours with conch the beverage made and offered, there is heard a gurgling sound marking his satisfaction and it is only half the quantity that is consumed by him at that time. There is a kalpa vriksha tree on the hill conferring Santanaprapti on the barren woman.

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