[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) › c8.2746 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2746 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2746 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2746](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2746) PUNYANIDHI. A king of the lunar race. The King was a great devotee of Viṣṇu and he went to Rāmeśvara to do worship of Viṣṇu there. Pleased with the pure devotion of the king Mahāviṣṇu started living at Rāmeśvara under the name of Setumādhava. (Chapter 3, Skanda Purāṇa). - [Previous: c8.2745](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2745) - [Next: c8.2747](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2747) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2746](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2746) · Pramāṇa