SOURCES OF ANTIQUITY

The august history of Mother Kanyakaparameswari has sanctified the numerous pages of sacred works and literary classics, like Skanda Purana, Vysya Purana, Sri Vasavi Kanyaka Purana, Arya Pravarakhanda, Vysyadharma Prakasika: Srirnat Kanyaka Purana. Vysya Charitra, Vysya Jaatiya Janma Rahasyam, in addition to finding its mention in the Rig Veda and Srimadbhagavatgita, the integral part of the great epic Mahabharata. Several literary treatises in all languages embody abundant corpus testifying to its hoary antiquity and immaculate glory due to its association with the Triad, instrumental for the creation, protection and emancipation.

All these hoary books narrate that Salankyana mahamuni narrated this legend to Vvsya munis once in Naimisarayana, congregated then to participate in a Mahayagna performed for Viswasanti by the sages, attended by almost all the prominent Maharshis of yore.

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