[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) › c9.1962 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1962 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1962 - **Language:** English ### [c9.1962](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1962) 4) Boons granted by Śiva. The Purāṇas refer to various persons, who had earned boons from him and others who attained heaven on account of their devotion for him. The following are important among such persons. (i) Siṃhavaktra—(Skanda Purāṇa, Asura Kāṇḍa). (ii) Rukmī—(Bhāgavata, 10th Skandha). (iii) Bāṇa—(Bhāgavata, 10th Skandha). (iv) Sudakṣiṇa—(Bhāgavata, 10th Skandha). (v) Sālva—(Bhāgavata 10th Skandha). (vi) Vṛkāsura—(Bhāgavata, 10th Skandha). (vii) Ratidevī—(Kathāsaritsāgara, Lāvaṇakalambaka, Taraṅga 1). (viii) Indrajit—(Uttara Rāmāyaṇa). (ix) Bhṛgu—(Padma Purāṇa, Ādi Khaṇḍa, Chapter 2). (x) Gāndhārī—(M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 109, Verse 107). (xi) Ṛṣi girl—(M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 168, Verse 6). (xii) Prabhañjana—(M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 214, Verse 20). (xiii) Śvetaki—(M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 222, Verse 41). (xiv) Jarāsandha—(M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 14, Verse 64). (xv) Bāṇāsura—(M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 33, Southern text). (xvi) Maṅkaṇa—(Vana Parva, Chapter 83, Verse 132). (xvii) Sagara—(Vana Parva, Chapter 106, Verse 15). - [Previous: c9.1961](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1961) - [Next: c9.1963](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1963) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Cites (6) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.2) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Kathāsaritsāgara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara) — Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit - [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1962](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1962) · Pramāṇa