[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) › c7.990 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.990 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.990 - **Language:** English ### [c7.990](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.990) 94) Śiva ended Indra’s pride. See under Pāṇḍavas. 95) Indra stole the cows. For the story of how Indra stole the cows from Gokula see under Kṛṣṇa. 96) Indra and Mahāśani. Once Mahāśani, the son of Hiraṇya defeated the gods in a battle and took Indra and Indrāṇī to Pātāla as captives. The Devas who knew that Mahāśani was a relative of Varuṇa, sought the help of Varuṇa. At the instance of Varuṇa, Indra was released. The revengeful Indra prayed to Śiva. Śiva appeared and asked Indra to submit his complaint to Viṣṇu. Indra offered his prayers to Viṣṇu. As a result of it, a man who had the elements of Śiva and Viṣṇu, in him, took his birth from the water of the Gaṅgā. He killed Mahāśani. (Brahmaṇḍa Purāṇa). - [Previous: c7.989](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.989) - [Next: c7.991](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.991) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.990](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.990) · Pramāṇa