[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) › c8.2111 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2111 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2111 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2111](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2111) Once there occurred a famine and the three brahmins left their home leaving their wives alone. The second girl was pregnant at that time and her sisters went to the house of a friend of their father named Yājñadatta. In due course she delivered a son and all the three women looked after the child as their common son. Śiva and Pārvatī were travelling by air once and seeing this child Śiva said thus :—"I am blessing this boy. This boy in his previous birth jointly with his wife worshipped me with great devotion. They are now born again to enjoy life. His wife in his previous birth was Pāṭali and she would again be the wife of this boy in this life." - [Previous: c8.2110](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2110) - [Next: c8.2112](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2112) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2111](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2111) · Pramāṇa