[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) › c8.212 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.212 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.212 - **Language:** English ### [c8.212](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.212) Several centuries passed. The Devas assembled and prayed to Brahmā. He took them again to Vaikuṇṭha. Śiva also arrived there. The Devas submitted their grievances to Viṣṇu. They prayed to him to devise some method by which Mahiṣa could be killed. Brahmā had given him a boon that no Man was capable of killing him. - [Previous: c8.211](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.211) - [Next: c8.213](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.213) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.212](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.212) · Pramāṇa