[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) › c9.4366 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4366 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4366 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4366](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4366) VIKARṆA II. A hermit devoted to Śiva. Mention is made in Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 14, Stanza 99, that Śiva was pleased with the devotion of this hermit and appearing before him granted him boons. - [Previous: c9.4365](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4365) - [Next: c9.4367](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4367) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.14.99) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4366](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4366) · Pramāṇa