[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) › c4.2387 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.2387 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.2387 - **Language:** English ### [c4.2387](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2387) Narakāsura was Bhūmidevī's son by Hiraṇyākṣa, the Asura. When Hiraṇyākṣa, in the form of a pig, carried Bhūmidevī on his horns to Pātāla, the horns came in contact with Bhūmidevī and she became pregnant. In Bhāgavata, Daśama Skandha we read that Narakāsura was born as the result of this contact. (See the word Naraka I). - [Previous: c4.2386](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2386) - [Next: c4.2388](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2388) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2387](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2387) · Pramāṇa