[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [The Purana Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951) › v1.c5.s3.494 # The Purana Index v1.c5.s3.494 The Purāṇa Index v1.c5.s3.494 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.s3.494](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.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 - [Previous: v1.c5.s3.493](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s3.493) - [Next: v1.c5.s3.495](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s3.495) - [Up: v1.c5.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s3.494](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s3.494) · Pramāṇa