Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2218
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.2218
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Once, as he was returning from a hunt, he happened to come across an āśrama within his country. A sage named Śrutaśravas lived there. He had a son named Somaśravas. Janamejaya invited Somaśravas to be his priest. At that time Śrutaśravas said to him:-"This my son was born to a serpent-woman and he is endowed with the power of my austerity. He is capable of releasing you from all sins except "Mahādevakṛtyā". If a Brāhmaṇa prays to him for anything, the prayer would be fulfilled. If you can set it right, you may take him with you."