[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) › c5.896 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.896 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.896 - **Language:** English ### [c5.896](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.896) Haṁsa and Dibhaka were spoilt, but Janārdana was a bhakta of Viṣṇu. Haṁsa and Dibhaka performed tapas in their childhood to please Śiva and got invincible power and arrows. After that they became lokakaṇṭakas (torturers) and went round the world. Once they went to Kaśyapa’s āśrama and destroyed the place of worship. After that they went to the āśrama of Durvāsas. There they tortured the sages and made the sages naked who were wearing only loin cloth. Then they returned. - [Previous: c5.895](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.895) - [Next: c5.897](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.897) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.896](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.896) · Pramāṇa