Kathasaritsagara 4.2.132

4.2.132

praveśya mandiraṃ cāsmān vṛttāntaṃ paripṛcchya ca /
praśaṃsañ śabarādhīśasauhārdaṃ cotsavaṃ vyadhāt //

And when he saw that incomparable beauty adore his feet, and perceived that she was a fit wife for me, he could not contain himself for joy. So he entered the house, and after asking us about the circumstances, he made a great feast, praising the friendship of the Śavara chieftain. And the next day, by the appointment of the astrologers, I married that excellent maiden, and all my friends and relations assembled to witness our wedding. And that lion, on which my wife had ridden, having witnessed the marriage, suddenly before the eyes of all, assumed the form of a man. Then all the by-standers were bewildered thinking— " What can this mean?" But he, assuming heavenly garments and ornaments, thus addressed me: " I am a Vidyádhara named Chitrángada, and this maiden is my daughter Manovatí by name,dearer to me than life. I used to wander continually through the forest with her in my arms, and one day I reached the Ganges, on the banks of which are many ascetic groves. And as 1 was going along in the middle of the river, for fear of disturbing the ascetics, my garland by accident fell into its waters Then the hermit Nárada, who was under the water, suddenly rose up, and angry because the garland had fallen upon his back, cursed me in the following words: ' On account of this insolence, depart, wicked one, thou shalt become a lion, and repairing to the Himalaya, shalt carry this daughter upon thy back.