[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) › c9.1518 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1518 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1518 - **Language:** English ### [c9.1518](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1518) ŚATARUDRA. The story of Śatarudra was imparted to Śrī Rāma by Vyāsa to show that all life is mere illusion or different complexes of the mind. Śatarudropākhyāna is the story of a contemplative sannyāsin. Whatever subject or object he conceived in his mind used to assume its form as water changes into waves, and it was a boon or great asset, which his heart had acquired as a result of its purity. He confined himself to his āśrama and thought about things one after the other. - [Previous: c9.1517](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1517) - [Next: c9.1519](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1519) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1518](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1518) · Pramāṇa