[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) › c9.4590 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4590 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4590 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4590](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4590) (v) Contest with Brahmā. The story of Viṣṇu and Brahmā making a competitive journey to find out the crest and foot of Śiva, is given with slight variations in most of the Purāṇas. (For detailed story see under Brahmā, Para 5). - [Previous: c9.4589](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4589) - [Next: c9.4591](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4591) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4590](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4590) · Pramāṇa