[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) › c4.34 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.34 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.34 - **Language:** English ### [c4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.34) ADHĪRA. A King; also a great devotee of Lord Śiva. Once he decreed death penalty on an innocent woman. He also destroyed with his own hands a temple of Śiva. As a consequence of those two sinful deeds he became a devil after death. Ultimately by the grace of Śiva he cast off the devil’s form and became an attendant of Śiva. (Padma Purāṇa, Pātāla Khaṇḍa, Chapter 111). - [Previous: c4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.33) - [Next: c4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.35) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) ## Linked texts (1) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.34) · Pramāṇa