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Background
In the aeons gone by, in the primeval forest of Daruka near Dwaraka
in Sourastra, an integral part of present Gujarat state, there lived
two celebrated Siva devotees of rare type. - They belonged two
opposite races -one was manava and the other danava and they were
called Supriya and Daruka. Due to taking birth in rakshasa race, and
perhaps by breeding, the latter was cruel, wicked and inhuman to the
point of taking blood of manavas for nothing, a glaring example of
racial aversion; but he was a Siva bhakta of supreme type. So far
Supriya is considered, he was a Vaisya by caste--merchant carrying
on business on a big scale, using ships for export and import of
merchandise. Although trade does not admit fair play - i.e. lying is
as regular as breathing, and honesty is a commodity deemed a rarity;
he was a Siva bhakta of superior breed. He prized devotion above
wealth and clung to the lotus feet of the Lord SIVA at all times.
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