[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) › c7.234 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.234 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.234 - **Language:** English ### [c7.234](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.234) Gavijāta, son of the sage and a devotee of Devī heard of the insult heaped on his father's head while he was merry-making in the forest with his companions. The companions derided him by saying that though his father was Nāgabhūṣaṇa (having snakes as ornament) the nāga was lifeless. Enraged at this and not waiting to study details about the incident he pronounced the following curse. "Whoever might be the person who threw a dead snake about my father's neck, he will be bitten to death by Takṣaka within seven days from today." Only after the curse was pronounced did he understand that it was King Parikṣit who had become the object of the curse. And, he despatched his disciple immediately to Parikṣit to inform him about the curse. The King's reaction was, "when the time for death comes let me die." (Devī Bhāgavata, Dvitīya Skandha). - [Previous: c7.233](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.233) - [Next: c7.235](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.235) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Devībhāgavata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.devibhagavata-vidyanatha-vidyatirtha) — Vidyānātha Vidyātīrtha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.234](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.234) · Pramāṇa