[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) › c8.1012 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1012 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1012 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1012](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1012) In the meantime Bhagavān appeared before Candraketu and blessed him and said he would get a very valorous son who would kill Vidyuddhvaja and restore Devaloka to the devas. But after that he would be born as a man on earth by a curse. Padmāvatī daughter of a Gandharva King, would by the strength of her penance release him from the curse and help him to get his original state as a Gandharva. He would then marry Padmāvatī and remain as emperor of the Vidyādharas for ten Kalpas together. Candaraketu and wife came back to Vāyuloka. - [Previous: c8.1011](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1011) - [Next: c8.1013](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1013) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1012](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1012) · Pramāṇa