[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) › c9.1122 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1122 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1122 - **Language:** English ### [c9.1122](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1122) ŚĀṆḌILYA III. A King, a great devotee of Śiva. As a youth he became a philanderer with the result that the honour of women was in jeopardy. The King being a devotee of Śiva even Yama could not punish him. At last, when Śiva came to know of the immorality of his devotee he cursed the King to be turned into a tortoise for thousand years. - [Previous: c9.1121](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1121) - [Next: c9.1123](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1123) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1122](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1122) · Pramāṇa