The Purana Index v1.c5.s3.494

v1.c5.s3.494

Umāvanam—in Kailāsa where Śaṅkara assumed Ardhanārīśvara form.¹ Once Umā requested her lord that whoever might enter her hermitage should be converted to womanhood and that Śiva himself must become a woman in form, hence all the creatures in the great forest became women. Once Sudyumna came on a hunting tour to the place and became a woman.² ¹ Vā. 41. 36 ² Vā. 85 25-8