[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) › c9.491 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.491 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.491 - **Language:** English ### [c9.491](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.491) 2) \*Ṛṣabha and Ṛṣabhakūṭa\* Ṛṣabha did tapas in the forest for many years. The mountain peak on which he performed his tapas got the name "Ṛṣabhakūṭa". The sage who wished to observe strict silence did not like the presence of strangers and visitors in the vicinity. So he pronounced a curse that the mountain should drop boulders on any one who ventured to come there. Once he ordered the wind to blow without noise as it passed by the side of the mountain. He declared that anyone who made noise in Ṛṣabhakūṭa would be struck with thunder. A place of holy waters came into existence there. (M.B. Araṇya Parva, Chapter 11). - [Previous: c9.490](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.490) - [Next: c9.492](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.492) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.491](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.491) · Pramāṇa