Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1007
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1007
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Vidyuddhvaja decided to attain more powers and so he went to the base of the Himālayas to perform penance to propitiate Śiva. Pleased at his penance of five thousand years Śiva appeared in person and asked him to name the boon he wanted. Vidyuddhvaja demanded “I must be able to kill Indra in a battle.” Śiva granted him the boon.