[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) › c4.2540 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.2540 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.2540 - **Language:** English ### [c4.2540](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2540) (1) Once Brahmā praised Śiva and pleased him and asked him to become his son. Śiva did not like it. He got angry and cursed, "I shall become your son. But I will pluck off your fifth head." - [Previous: c4.2539](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2539) - [Next: c4.2541](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2541) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2540](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2540) · Pramāṇa