[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) › c8.1431 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1431 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1431 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1431](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1431) 2) Nārāyaṇa's tapas. The whole world was, so to say, burnt by the intense tapas of Naranārāyaṇas. Indra was alarmed. Believing that their tapas was for the attainment of Indrahood and fearing his own displacement Indra went to Badarikāśrama mounted on Airāvata to break their tapas, and told them thus: "Oh ascetics, who shine like the rising sun, I am pleased with your tapas. You may choose any boon you like." - [Previous: c8.1430](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1430) - [Next: c8.1432](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1432) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1431](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1431) · Pramāṇa