My translations of Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 52, verse 102 (2-52-102) तौ तत्र हत्वा चतुरः महा मृगान् | वराहम् ऋश्यम् पृषतम् महा रुरुम् | आदाय मेध्यम् त्वरितम् बुभुक्षितौ| वासाय काले ययतुर् वनः पतिम् || Having hunted there four deer, namely Varaaha, Rishya, Prisata; and Mahaaruru and taking quickly ...

There is circumstantial evidence suggesting he was ekapatnivrata (took only one wife) - but is he explicitly called that in any Ramayana or other scriptures?

In pancharatra samhitas like ishvara samhita and some other samhitas it is explicitly stated that we should not eat food offered to vishvaksena because it will make the life full of troubles who eat it . I know that those priests who take care of vishvaksena sannidhi are allowed to eat ( those wh...

what are the most famous legends of the origin of the divine bovine-goddess Kamadhenu-Surabhi?

I recall hearing this from several people.

Are there verses praising Siva as residing within the Sun like there are statments for Vishnu regarding the same?

This is a famous passage in the Taittriya Upanishad: https://www.esamskriti.com/e/Spirituality/Upanishads-Commentary/Taittiriya-Upanishad~-Petal-8-2.aspx yato vacho nivartante . aprapya manasa saha . anandam brahmano vidvan.h . na bibheti kutashchaneti . He who knows the Bliss of Brahman, when...