[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) › c9.2784 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2784 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.2784 - **Language:** English ### [c9.2784](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2784) ŚŪRAPADMA. An asura hero. This asura invaded Devaloka with a huge army. Skanda Purāṇa mentions that in the battle that followed, Indra, who was defeated, fled to the place called Śiyāli in Tanjore District in South India and did tapas to Śiva. - [Previous: c9.2783](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2783) - [Next: c9.2785](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2785) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2784](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2784) · Pramāṇa