[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) › c9.1814 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1814 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1814 - **Language:** English ### [c9.1814](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1814) ŚIDDHĀŚRAMA. A hermitage. The place at which Vāmana thrust Mahābali down to Pātāla. This place became a hermitage later. When Viśvāmitra took Śrī Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa to the forest for the protection of his sacrifice, he showed them this hermitage. (Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Bālakāṇḍa, Sarga 29, Verse 22). - [Previous: c9.1813](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1813) - [Next: c9.1815](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1815) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1814](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1814) · Pramāṇa