[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) › c8.1257 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1257 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1257 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1257](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1257) The battle continued and Indra drove away Śumbha and Niśumbha the elder brothers of Namuci, who went to Pātāla. Indra ran after Namuci and in the evening Indra found him hiding on the sea shore and killed him with the foam of the sea. As Indra had violated the condition of the treaty the severed head of Namuci followed Indra. With this Indra incurred the sin of Brahma-hatyā (killing a Brahmin). To get remission from this sin Indra approached Brahmā. He was advised to bathe in Aruṇasaṅgama and doing so Indra got remission of his sin. From that day onwards Aruṇasaṅgama became a holy bath (tīrtha). (M.B. Śalya Parva, Chapter 40). - [Previous: c8.1256](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1256) - [Next: c8.1258](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1258) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1257](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1257) · Pramāṇa