[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) › c9.2024 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2024 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.2024 - **Language:** English ### [c9.2024](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2024) After giving him alms the women spoke to him as follows : “Oh! anchorite, what penance are you practising? You have no clothes on you, but you wear Vanamālā. You are a handsome sannyāsi. If you have no objection, please tell us about you.” The sannyāsi (Śiva) answered them by saying that his was a very secret penance and could not be imparted to others. Especially in the presence of so many others it could not be revealed. So, you may please go. But, the women said that they wished very much to hear the secret, and they caught hold of his hands saying ‘Come’. - [Previous: c9.2023](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2023) - [Next: c9.2025](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2025) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2024](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2024) · Pramāṇa