[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) › c8.2447 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2447 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2447 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2447](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2447) 3) In the beginning during the Deluge the world was all water. Then Śiva tore open his thigh and dropped a drop of blood in the waters. It became a huge egg. He broke it and from it came out Puruṣa and from Puruṣa he made Prakṛti for the creation of the Prapañca. These two, Prakṛti and Puruṣa, created the Prajāpatis and they in turn created the prajās. Puruṣa seeing the vast creation on due to him became arrogant and Śiva chopped off his head. Śiva became repentant of his hasty deed later. To atone for his sin he took the skull in his hand and vowed that he would ever carry a skull in his hand and that he would live in cremation grounds. The two halves of the great egg became ākāśa and bhūmi (earth and sky). (Taraṅga 2, Kathāpīṭhalambaka, Kathāsaritsāgara). - [Previous: c8.2446](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2446) - [Next: c8.2448](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2448) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kathāsaritsāgara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara) — Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2447](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2447) · Pramāṇa