[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) › c9.2218 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c9.2218](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2218) 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." - [Previous: c9.2217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2217) - [Next: c9.2219](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2219) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2218](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2218) · Pramāṇa