[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) › c9.2566 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2566 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.2566 - **Language:** English ### [c9.2566](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2566) 1) General information A rākṣasa (giant) who was the son of Vidyutkeśa and Sālakaṭaṅkā. When Brahmā asked the Subjects to look after his creation those who said ‘Rakṣāmahe’ became Rākṣasas (giants) and those who said ‘Yakṣāmahe’, the Yakṣas (a clan of semi gods). Once two brothers named Heti and Praheti were born in the clan of Rākṣasas. Praheti remained unmarried and entered the life of penance. Heti married Bhayā the sister of Kāla. A son named Vidyutkeśa was born to the couple. Vidyutkeśa married Sālakaṭaṅkā, the daughter of Sandhyā. Sālakaṭaṅkā delivered a son. But wishing to enjoy the company of her husband, she abandoned the son and lived with her husband. The child which was bright as the rising Sun, putting its folded fist in its mouth, cried aloud. Paramaśiva and Pārvatī who were travelling along the sky mounted on the bull, heard the cry of the infant and looked at the spot from which the cry arose. On seeing the infant, Pārvatī took pity on it. Śiva blessed the child, which instantly grew as old as its mother. Śiva gave the Rākṣasa prince immortality and a city which could travel through the sky. Pārvatī said that Rākṣasa women would, in future deliver the moment they became pregnant and that the child would grow equal to its mother in age, as soon as it was born. Sukeśa was the son of Vidyutkeśa and Sālakaṭaṅkā. Sukeśa was delighted on the boons he got, and travelled wherever he pleased, in his city. Sukeśa married Devavatī the daughter of Grāmaṇī a Gandharva. Māli, Sumāli and Mālyavān were the sons of this couple. (Uttara Rāmāyaṇa). - [Previous: c9.2565](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2565) - [Next: c9.2567](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2567) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Uttararāmāyaṇamu (Tikkanna)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.telugu.kavya.uttararamayanamu) — Tikkanna, Telugu --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2566](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2566) · Pramāṇa