[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) › c9.2569 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2569 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.2569 - **Language:** English ### [c9.2569](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2569) When the city fell down Sukeśa called Śiva and cried aloud. Śiva looked round to see what happened to his devotee. He understood that the sun was the culprit. Śiva looked at the sun with furious eyes. Instantly the sun was dropped from the Solar region to the air. The hermits saw the Sun coming slowly to the earth. They called out loudly. "If you want to be well in falling, go and fall in Harikṣetra." The sun called out, "What is Harikṣetra?" "Harikṣetra is Vārāṇasī from Yogaśāyī to Keśavadarśana", the hermits replied. Hearing this the Sun fell in Vārāṇasī. Then to lessen the heat the sun dipped and splashed in Asi tīrtha and Varuṇā tīrtha. - [Previous: c9.2568](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2568) - [Next: c9.2570](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2570) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2569](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2569) · Pramāṇa