[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) › c8.611 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.611 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.611 - **Language:** English ### [c8.611](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.611) 2). Mārica in his previous birth. Mārica was the servant of the gate-keepers of Vaikuṇṭha. One day Mahāviṣṇu was displeased by a conduct of his and he cursed him to be born as a demon on earth. But he added that Māricawould get salvation from the curse when he was killed by Śrī Rāma in which capacity Viṣṇu would incarnate soon. He would then return to Vaikuṇṭha to his original place. That was how Mārica was born as the uncle of Rāvaṇa. - [Previous: c8.610](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.610) - [Next: c8.612](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.612) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.611](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.611) · Pramāṇa