Markandeya Purana 1.45

1.45

ityuktvā prajagāmātha prāleyādriṃ vapustadā /
munestapaḥ prabhāveṇa praśāntaśvāpadāśramam //

“Having thus spoken Vapu departed then to the Snowy mountain to the Muni’s hermitage, where the beasts of prey were quelled by the might of his austerities. Stopping at the distance of a call from where the great Muni is seated', the lovely Apsaras sang the cuckoo’s melody. Hearing the strains of her song, the Muni astonished in mind went to where sits that beauteous-faced maiden. On seeing her, beautiful in every limb, the Muni, summoning his resolution, was filled with anger and resentment, knowing that she had come to perturb him. Then the great Ṛṣi, the performer of mighty austerities, pronounced this sentence. ‘Since thou hast come here, O maiden! intoxicated with pride, to cause me pain by obstructing my austerities, which are accomplished with difficulty, O Apsaras, therefore shalt thou, polluted by my wrath, be born in the foolish race of birds for the space of sixteen years, losing thine own form, and taking the form of a bird; and four sons shall be born to thee, O vilest of Apsarases; and without having gained affection among them, absolved from guilt by dying in the field of battle, thou shalt regain thy dwelling in the sky. Never make any reply.’ The Brāhman, red-eyed with anger, having pronounced this grievous sentence on that proud maiden, whose tinkling bracelets were trembling, abandoned the earth, whose waves were very tremulous, and departed to the heavenly Ganges whose stream consists of a multitude of renowned qualities.”