[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) › c8.2258 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2258 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2258 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2258](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2258) Pippalāda did penance sitting as majestic and motionless as a mountain for a thousand years. Ants made a sand-heap over him like a mole-hill. The sage sat inside without any motion; poisonous black cobras circled round him and yet the sage made no movement. Three thousand years went by like that and then the devas showered flowers on him. Brahmā appeared and gave him the boon ‘Sarvakāmasiddhi’ (getting all that is desired) and by the blessing of Brahmā he became a very learned person also. - [Previous: c8.2257](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2257) - [Next: c8.2259](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2259) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2258](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2258) · Pramāṇa