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Tarakasura had three asura sons named Vidyunmali, Tarakaksha and Viryavana (tripurasuras). These three began to perform tapasya. For a hundred years they meditated standing only on one leg. For a thousand more years they lived on air and meditated. They stood on their heads and meditated in this posture for yet another thousand years.
Brahma was pleased at this difficult tapasya. He appeared before them and said, What boon do you want? Make us immortal, answered Tarakasura’s sons. I can’t make you immortal, replied Brahma. I don’t have the power. Ask for something else instead. Very well, then, said Viyunamali, Tarakaksha and Viryavana. Grant us the following: Let three forts be made. The first will be of gold, the second of silver and the third of iron. We will live in these forts for a thousand years. At the end of the thousand years, the forts will become one. This combined fort will be called Tripura. And if anyone can then destroy Tripura with only a single arrow that shall be the death destined for us.
Originally posted by LUXUS
reply to post by Kantzveldt
Not sure as have not looked into that aspect. The alinement marked the destruction of tripura and had to do with the three sections of tripura coming into alinement, the lower section (Earth), the middle section (Air) and the upper section (Space). I cannot confirm that this alignment was to take place every 1000 years as I have not read that or perhaps just cant remember reading it. It cant be a planetary alignment ie with the other bodies of our solar system.
Perhaps it represents the center of our galaxy, aligning with the center of our solar system (the Sun), with the center of our planet.
LUXUS
reply to post by Kantzveldt
Not sure as have not looked into that aspect. The alinement marked the destruction of tripura and had to do with the three sections of tripura coming into alinement, the lower section (Earth), the middle section (Air) and the upper section (Space). I cannot confirm that this alignment was to take place every 1000 years as I have not read that or perhaps just cant remember reading it. It cant be a planetary alignment ie with the other bodies of our solar system.
Perhaps it represents the center of our galaxy, aligning with the center of our solar system (the Sun), with the center of our planet.