[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) › c9.2800 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2800 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.2800 - **Language:** English ### [c9.2800](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2800) ŚŪRASENA V. A king of the Somavaṃśa of Pratiṣṭhānapura. Śūrasena, who was childless, tried to propitiate the gods in many ways to obtain a son. In the end he got a son in the form of a serpent. But to keep it a secret, he performed the usual ceremonies connected with his son’s Upanayana, marriage etc. in the usual manner. At last by the mercy of Gautamīdevī Śūrasena’s son obtained human form. (Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, 111). - [Previous: c9.2799](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2799) - [Next: c9.2801](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2801) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2800](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2800) · Pramāṇa