[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) › c9.4745 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4745 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4745 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4745](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4745) Hariścandra took Candramatī, the daughter of Śibi, as his first wife. Besides her, he had ninetynine wives. But they had no children. At last according to the advice of Vasiṣṭha he went to the basin of the Ganges and did penance before Varuṇa. Viśvāmitra did not like this. Varuṇa appeared and said that Hariścandra would get a son. The king had promised that he would give his son as a sacrificial animal to Varuṇa. - [Previous: c9.4744](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4744) - [Next: c9.4746](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4746) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4745](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4745) · Pramāṇa