Origin of the Epithet Nīlakaṇṭha (Śiva swallowing poison) - Verse 4
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 25 · Verse 4
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Sanskrit Original
श्रुत्वा तु भावितात्मानो मुनयः शंसितव्रताः। वालखिल्येति विख्याताः पतङ्गसहचारिणः।।
śrutvā tu bhāvitātmāno munayaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ| vālakhilyeti vikhyātāḥ pataṅgasahacāriṇaḥ||
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Sūta said: On hearing this, those sages of pure souls, of Praiseworthy religious observance and famous as Vālakhilyas, eighty-eight thousand in number, who, of sublimated sexual impulse, walked by the side of the sun (as his associates) and subsisted on leaves, (of trees), wind and water, submitted to Vāyu as follows: