[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) › c7.2179 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2179 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.2179 - **Language:** English ### [c7.2179](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2179) (v) Once Brahmā gifted the entire earth to Kaśyapa at a Yājña. Bhūmidevī (Goddess of the earth) who was distressed at it, went to Pātāla and began to lament. At that time Kaśyapa propitiated the goddess by his austere penance. (M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 114). - [Previous: c7.2178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2178) - [Next: c7.2180](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2180) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2179](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2179) · Pramāṇa