Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2269

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2269

(iv) Piśāca is the head of all evil spirits. Marici and sages like him have created many evil spirits. (Śloka 46, Chapter 272, Vana Parva).