[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) › c8.159 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.159 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.159 - **Language:** English ### [c8.159](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.159) MAHĀŚRAMA. A holy place. Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapter 84, says that a person who spends a night here observing a fast, would obtain "Subhaloka". One who spends three months like that will become a "Paramasiddha". (M.B. Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 25, Verse 17). - [Previous: c8.158](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.158) - [Next: c8.160](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.160) - [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.c8.159](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.159) · Pramāṇa