[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) › c9.2527 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2527 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.2527 - **Language:** English ### [c9.2527](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2527) After receiving his boon, Vyāsa returned to his āśrama. Soon after his arrival there, an Apsaras named Ghṛtācī came there in the form of a parrot. On seeing her beauty Vyāsa had an involuntary emission of semen. Śuka’s birth was from this semen. (For further details see Para 2, under Ghṛtācī). - [Previous: c9.2526](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2526) - [Next: c9.2528](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2528) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2527](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2527) · Pramāṇa