[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) › c9.3886 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3886 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.3886 - **Language:** English ### [c9.3886](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3886) After saying this Vararuci went to Badaryāśrama and reached there. He did penance there and Devi appeared. According to her advice he made a fire by contemplation and burned his body in it. Then Vararuci became the old Puṣpadanta and went to the presence of Śiva. - [Previous: c9.3885](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3885) - [Next: c9.3887](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3887) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3886](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3886) · Pramāṇa