[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) › c5.86 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.86 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.86 - **Language:** English ### [c5.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.86) DAMANA IV. A son of Bharadvāja. After the investiture with the Brahma string (upanayana) Damana started on a travel. On the way near Amara-kaṇṭaka he met with the hermit Garga who talked to him about the glory of Kāśi. Damana who was a seeker of spiritual knowledge, stopped his travel and sat down to do penance and thus leaving his body he attained heaven. (Skanda Purāṇa, Chapter 2, 4, 74). - [Previous: c5.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.85) - [Next: c5.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.87) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) ## Linked texts (1) - [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.86) · Pramāṇa