Rama said -
There was once a king called Ila. One day, the king went hunting. He ended up on the Kailsaha mountain. There were lovely lakes and trees there. Shiva and Parvati were there enjoying each other's company. They entered a lake and Shiva was transformed into a woman. This was a curse that Shiva had put on the forest, that anyone who came there would become a woman. Shiva andparvati were playing there in the waters of the lake when Ila entered the forest. The moment he stepped there, he became a woman. All who had come with the king became women.
The king, having become a woman, began covering himself. He rushed and prayed to Shiva to relieve him of this calamity.
Shiva said I will not be able to make you a man. Even I have to become a woman when I come here, so why did you come here? Remain a woman.
Ila then begged Parvati and asked her to help him. Parvati said there is not much I can do. Still, I will will help you. You will become a man for a month and then become a woman the next month. This cycle will continue. You will not remember what you did a woman, when you are a man, and similarly you will not remember what you did as a man, when you are a woman.
As a man, Ila went to his kingdom. He lived for a month. Then as a woman he went to the forest. In the forest where Ila went as a woman, was a lake. Budha, son of Chandra, used to meditate there. He saw Ila and seeing her he was lost in love. The meditation was broken. he said he was lost seeing the beauty of the woman roaming in the forest and wanted to have her. Ila agreed and lived for a month with Budha. After a month, becoming a man, Ila went back and Budha resumed his meditation.,
This cycle continued till one day the female Ila became pregnant and a son was born, who was named Pururava.
One day Budha noticed that his beautiful consort suddenly changed into a man. Budha was shocked to see this. He was shocked that he had made love to a man. Getting to know the truth, Budha then asked the sages, how would Ila get rid of the curse and how would be relieved of the sin of making love to a man. The sages said All this had been done unknowingly and would not be considered a sin. If Ila pleased Shiva through meditation, the curse would go away.
Ila then prayed to Shiva by performing the Ashwedha sacrifice, who pleased, restored Ila's masculinity.
Bharata, Shatrughna and Lakshmana were amazed to hear this.
There was once a king called Ila. One day, the king went hunting. He ended up on the Kailsaha mountain. There were lovely lakes and trees there. Shiva and Parvati were there enjoying each other's company. They entered a lake and Shiva was transformed into a woman. This was a curse that Shiva had put on the forest, that anyone who came there would become a woman. Shiva andparvati were playing there in the waters of the lake when Ila entered the forest. The moment he stepped there, he became a woman. All who had come with the king became women.
The king, having become a woman, began covering himself. He rushed and prayed to Shiva to relieve him of this calamity.
Shiva said I will not be able to make you a man. Even I have to become a woman when I come here, so why did you come here? Remain a woman.
Ila then begged Parvati and asked her to help him. Parvati said there is not much I can do. Still, I will will help you. You will become a man for a month and then become a woman the next month. This cycle will continue. You will not remember what you did a woman, when you are a man, and similarly you will not remember what you did as a man, when you are a woman.
As a man, Ila went to his kingdom. He lived for a month. Then as a woman he went to the forest. In the forest where Ila went as a woman, was a lake. Budha, son of Chandra, used to meditate there. He saw Ila and seeing her he was lost in love. The meditation was broken. he said he was lost seeing the beauty of the woman roaming in the forest and wanted to have her. Ila agreed and lived for a month with Budha. After a month, becoming a man, Ila went back and Budha resumed his meditation.,
This cycle continued till one day the female Ila became pregnant and a son was born, who was named Pururava.
One day Budha noticed that his beautiful consort suddenly changed into a man. Budha was shocked to see this. He was shocked that he had made love to a man. Getting to know the truth, Budha then asked the sages, how would Ila get rid of the curse and how would be relieved of the sin of making love to a man. The sages said All this had been done unknowingly and would not be considered a sin. If Ila pleased Shiva through meditation, the curse would go away.
Ila then prayed to Shiva by performing the Ashwedha sacrifice, who pleased, restored Ila's masculinity.
Bharata, Shatrughna and Lakshmana were amazed to hear this.
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