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Story in Pura峁嚹乻 In the voluminous pur膩峁噄c literature the story of Indra and Ahalya is cited in numerous places. A number of pur膩峁嚹乻 give a detailed account of the story. Some other pur膩峁嚹乻 just hint at the same. They follow the story of either Ramayana or Mah膩bh膩rata. 15 In Siva pur膩峁嘺 it is said that Indra seduced Ahalya, the wife of
Gautama and had to suffer for his adultery鹿. Linga Pur膩峁嘺 hints at the lost
of the testicles of Indra". M膩rkandeya Pur膩峁嘺 says about the loss of
beauty and power of Indra due to the curse". Brahm膩nada pur膩峁嘺
reminds the power of the curse of sages and due to the curse of Gautama,
Indra lost his testicles". In Devi Bhagavata the episode is used as an
example for universal suffering". By the influence of time, even Indra had
thousand genital marks over his body and had to live a life in exile in the
lake m膩nasa.
Padma pur膩峁嘺, Brahma pur膩峁嘺, Brhmavaivartha pur膩峁嘺, Skanda
pur膩峁嘺 and Ganesa pur膩峁嘺 give detailed accounts of the episode.
Padmapur膩峁嘺 refer the story in two places. One is a detailed
description and the other is just a reference.
S峁泂tikanda of Pamapur膩峁嘺 (51) unified the stories of Ramayana and
Mah膩bharata. It is an independant narration of Ahaly膩harana, as it is
mentioned in colophone whose diadactic and aim is declared in the first
two slok膩s and never forgotten throughout the whole story, pervading the
whole narration with its moralistic atmosphere". Ahalya cannot identify
Indra who assumes the form of Gautama. Gautama cursed her in a
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