[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) › c9.4973 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4973 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4973 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4973](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4973) After this the great hermit took his bath in Yamunā and went away. The pregnancy of Kālī was completed instantly and she gave birth to a very handsome boy in that island of Yamunā. As soon as he was born, he grew up and became a hermit with devotion and assuming a vow of purity and abstinence he said to his mother. “Mother! You can go anywhere, as you please. You need have no worry on my account. I am about to go for penance. When anything unpleasant happens to you, just think of me. The moment you wish to see me, I will be there by you. I wish you a happy life. I am going.” Saying thus the brave boy walked away. (Devī Bhāgavata, Skandha 2; Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapters 60 to 63). - [Previous: c9.4972](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4972) - [Next: c9.4974](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4974) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (2) - [Devībhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.devibhagavata) — Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4973](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4973) · Pramāṇa