[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) › c8.2051 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2051 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2051 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2051](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2051) All the devas headed by Indra went and complained to Brahmā. Brahmā said:—“After all, this calamity is not without remedy. There is an escape from the boon I have given him. Tārakāsura himself has allowed him to be killed by a sevenday-old babe. If there should be such a babe it should be from the virility of Śiva. Tārakāsura thinks that since Śiva is observing brahmacarya after the death of Satī there is no chance of a babe being born to him. That was why he was prepared to allow that clause in that boon. I shall therefore suggest a plan. Satī herself should be born as the daughter of Himavān and Menā in the name of Kālī. Kālī should do great penance and break the vow of celibacy of Śiva. If Śiva accepts her as his wife and a child is born to them we are saved.” - [Previous: c8.2050](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2050) - [Next: c8.2052](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2052) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2051](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2051) · Pramāṇa