[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) › c5.382 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.382 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.382 - **Language:** English ### [c5.382](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.382) 2) Devāpi resorted to the forest. Devāpi was the best loved by his father and was the apple of the eyes of his subjects. But he was suffering from skin disease. So, when Pratīpa wanted to crown him king the people objected. Their argument that God would not be pleased if a man with skin disease became king. The king yielded to their wishes and crowned Śantanu as his successor. The youngest brother Bālhīka went and stayed in his mother's house. Devāpi was disappointed that he was denied the crown, left for the forest and spent the rest of his life in penance. (Udyoga Parva, Chapter 149). - [Previous: c5.381](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.381) - [Next: c5.383](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.383) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.382](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.382) · Pramāṇa