[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) › c9.991 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.991 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.991 - **Language:** English ### [c9.991](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.991) (i) Paraśurāma made here five rivers through which blood flowed. There, with hands dipped in blood, he offered oblations to the manes. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 2, Verse 4). (ii) By the blessings of the ancestors of Paraśurāma this place became a holy bath. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 2, Verse 8). (iii) At the ending and the beginning periods of the two yugas Dvāpara and Kali, the Kauravas and the Pāṇḍavas fought the great battle at this place. Because of that this place got the name Samantapañcaka. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 2, Verse 13). (iv) It was according to the advice of Balabhadrārāma that this place was selected as the battlefield. (Śalya Parva, Chapter 55, Verse 5). (v) Duryodhana was killed at Samantapañcaka. (Śalya Parva, Chapter 89, Verse 40). - [Previous: c9.990](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.990) - [Next: c9.992](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.992) - [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.c9.991](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.991) · Pramāṇa