[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) › c7.3072 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.3072 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.3072 - **Language:** English ### [c7.3072](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3072) 7) \*Kuntī at Hastināpura.\* At Hastināpura differences cropped up between the Pāṇḍavas and the Kauravas. Kuntī and the five Pāṇḍavas removed themselves to the ‘Lac palace’ built at Vāraṇāvata. When the palace was gutted by fire Kuntī and her sons escaped through a secret tunnel to the forest, and Bhīma carried the worn out Kuntī on his shoulders. In the forest the Rākṣasa woman Hiḍimbi, requested Kuntī to permit Bhīma to become her husband, and Kuntī advised Bhīma to beget a child by Hiḍimbi, and thus was born Ghaṭotkaca. At the city named Ekacakrā, Vyāsa consoled Kuntī. There the brahmins complained to Kuntī about the depredations of Bakāsura. Kuntī got Baka killed by Bhīma and asked the brahmins to keep the matter secret. On the advice of a brahmin who came there accidentally Kuntī and others visited the Pāñcāla kingdom, and there Arjuna, having defeated all the Kings present at Pāñcālī’s Svayaṃvara wedded her. The Pāṇḍavas who returned with Pāñcālī at dusk time were asked by Kuntī to enjoy that day’s bhikṣā (Alms received) together among themselves. Accordingly Pāñcālī became the wife of all the five Pāṇḍavas. Vidura, at the court of the Pāñcāla King saluted Kuntī and presented to her various varieties of gems. Kuntī and Vidura talked about the painful incidents of the past, and Vidura escorted the Pāṇḍavas back to Hastināpura. - [Previous: c7.3071](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3071) - [Next: c7.3073](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3073) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3072](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3072) · Pramāṇa