Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.2539

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(35) Death came into being from the body of Brahmā. (M.B. Droṇa Parva, Chapter 53, Stanza 17).
(36) Death was given the boon of destruction of the living beings. (M.B. Droṇa Parva, Chapter 53, stanza 21).
(37) Once Brahmā took the devas (gods) to the presence of Śiva because they had fled away fearing Vṛtrāsura. (M.B. Droṇa Parva Chapter 94, Stanza 53).
(38) Brahmā prophesied that Arjuna would come out victorious in the fight between Karṇa and Arjuna. (M.B. Karṇa Parva, Chapter 87, Stanza 69).
(39) Brahmā presented the hide of a deer to Subrahmaṇya, who was going to the battle field. (M.B. Śalya Parva, Chapter 46, Stanza 52).
(40) Brahmā granted a boon to Cārvāka. (See Cārvāka).
(41) Brahmā gave Rudra a sword, (M.B. Śānti Parva, Chapter 166, Stanza 45).
(42) Brahmā pacified Śiva who got angry, at the sacrifice of Dakṣa. (M.B. Śānti parva, Chapter 283, Stanza 45).
(43) Once Brahmā took the form of a swan and exhorted the Sādhyagaṇas. (M.B. Śānti parva, Chapter 229).
(44) Once there arose a fight between Mahāviṣṇu and Śiva and Brahmā pacified both of them. (M.B. Śānti Parva, Chapter 342, Stanza 124).
(45) Once Brahmā went to the mount Vaijayanta and talked to Śiva about the glory of Mahāviṣṇu. (M.B. Śānti Parva, Chapter 350 Dākṣiṇātya Pāṭha).
(46) Once Brahmā talked about the nobility of Brāhmaṇas. (M.B. Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 35, Dākṣiṇātya Pāṭha).
(47) Brahmā gave the devas (gods) the earth as a gift for performing sacrifice. (M.B. Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 66).
(48) Once Brahmā made a speech to Indra about the importance of giving cow as gift. (M.B. Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 74, Stanza 2).
(49) Brahmā granted a boon to Surabhi. (M.B. Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 83, Stanza 36).
(50) Brahmā originated the Prajāpatis by offering his sperm into the sacrificial fire at the sacrifice of Varuṇa. (M.B. Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 85, Stanza 99).
(51) Once Brahmā gave the devas (gods), Ṛṣis (hermits) and the Nāgas (serpents) the ekākṣaramantra (the one-syllable-spell) ‘OM’. (M.B. Aśvamedha Parva, Chapter 26, Stanza 8)
(52) In almost all the Purāṇas Brahmā is called ‘Caturmukha’ (having four faces) and to substantiate this the following story is given in the Matsyapurāṇa. Brahmā created Śatarūpā with half the portion of his body, and accepted that bright and beautiful woman as his wife. He could not bear his beautiful wife to be away from his sight even for a moment. So much had he become attached to her. One day Śatarūpā was walking round Brahmā. The daughters born from his mind also were seated close by. So he could not turn round and look at his wife as she was moving. To solve this problem, in place of one face, there arose four faces. Once Śatarūpā was walking in the air. To see her at that time there arose a fifth head on the top of his matted hair. It is this face that was plucked off by Śiva.
(53) Various stories occur in the purāṇas regarding how Śiva plucked off the fifth head of Brahmā. They are given below.