[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) › c5.40 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.40 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.40 - **Language:** English ### [c5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.40) From this passage which occurs in Kālikā Purāṇa it may be assumed that 'Asiknī' was another name of Viraṇī. Dakṣa did penance in the mountain of Vindhya for a long time. It is mentioned in Bhāgavata, Skandha 8, that Mahāviṣṇu appeared before Dakṣa and gave him Asiknī as his wife. - [Previous: c5.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.39) - [Next: c5.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.41) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.40) · Pramāṇa