[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) › c4.2481 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.2481 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.2481 - **Language:** English ### [c4.2481](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2481) While Pārvatī was engaged in doing penance, a tiger, with his weapons of tusks and claws came there from the jungles of the Himālayas. Umā (Pārvatī) was standing on one leg. The tiger began to think, "I shall do it when - [Previous: c4.2480](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2480) - [Next: c4.2482](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2482) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2481](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2481) · Pramāṇa