Subhaga was a Brahmin woman who lived in the vicinity of Sri Kalahasthi temple. She was endowed with great beauty and was chaste. She got married, at an auspicious time, to a good youth. However, the person was a great Siva bhakta and, was constantly thinking of Lord Siva, and knew no other worldly pursuits. She was totally dedicated to her husband and desired nothing else. As time went by, noticing her husband’s attitude, she decided that she too would worship Lord Siva. Accordingly, she applied the sacred ash on her body, wore Rudraksha mala and began a penance. Sri Kalahastheeswara, pleased with her devotion, granter her mukti. Subhaga Shobha Bhajana came to be an epithet of Sri Kalahastheeswara following this episode.
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