[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c4.1539 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1539 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.1539 - **Language:** English ### [c4.1539](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1539) BALĀHAKA IV. A king. Once Śiva gave this king a vision of him in the shape of a cow-calf. After that in the place where Śiva appeared as calf a Śivaliṅga arose. It began to grow to the extent of an atom daily. But the growth ceased, when an outcaste who became so by Karma (action) visited it. (Skandha Purāṇa 3-2-27). - [Previous: c4.1538](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1538) - [Next: c4.1540](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1540) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) ## Cites (1) - [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1539](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1539) · Pramāṇa