Mālyavatī

Mālyavatī · mālya-vatī, “the garlanded city”

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Mālyavatī is the city built by King Mālyavān, son of Indrapāla. The Pratisarga Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa tells that Mālyavān built it and ruled as his father had.

In his reign there was no rain for four years, and a terrible famine came. The king took refuge in Bhagavān Śālagrāma. He had nothing to offer as naivedya, so he picked up some grains of food, washed them and made them pure, and did the pūjā with those. Pleased with his śraddhā and bhakti, Bhagavān Śālagrāma spoke by an ākāśavāṇī: “Rājan, from today, in the good reign of your descendants, there will never be fear of drought on the earth.” Sūta tells this to the ṛshis of Naimishāraṇya.

Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 1

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 1