[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) › c4.2389 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.2389 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.2389 - **Language:** English ### [c4.2389](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2389) 4) Bhūmi and Prahlāda. Since Bhūmidevī had been the wife of the Asura Hiraṇyākṣa she has also been called the mother of the Asura clan. Hiraṇyākṣa's brother was Hiraṇyakaśipu. Prahlāda, the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu, was a devotee of Viṣṇu. The father did not like the son's devotion to Viṣṇu. So he persecuted Prahlāda in various ways. Once he threw down Prahlāda from the top of a high building. At that time Bhūmi devī appeared there and received him in her arms. (Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Chapter 24). - [Previous: c4.2388](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2388) - [Next: c4.2390](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2390) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) ## Cites (1) - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2389](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2389) · Pramāṇa