[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) › c9.5170 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.5170 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.5170 - **Language:** English ### [c9.5170](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5170) Vikuṇḍala who knew that he did not deserve Heaven by any standards, asked Yama's agent how this had happened. The agent gave him this answer :-"There was a Brāhmaṇa well-versed in Vedic lore, who was the son of Harimitra. His āśrama was on the southern bank of Yamunā. While you were living in the forest, you were associated with him. As a result of that contact, it so happened that you bathed for two months in the holy river Kālindī, the waters of which have the power of absolving sinners. By your bath in the first month you were liberated from all sins. By the second you have become eligible for Heaven. You have qualified yourself for the eternal bliss of Heaven, by that holy act." - [Previous: c9.5169](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5169) - [Next: c9.5171](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5171) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5170](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5170) · Pramāṇa