The Purana Index v1.c5.s8.532

v1.c5.s8.532

Cyavana (II)—a son of Śukra and Paulomi;¹ when he was engaged in tapas he was covered by an anthill. His eyes were seen through two holes therein. Once Sukanyā who came there with her father saw two luminous objects in the anthill and pierced them with a thorn. This resulted in blood flowing from the eyes. The king asked the sage’s pardon and offered his daughter in marriage to him. Having married a princess, the sage requested Aśvins who were on a visit to him, to make him a youth. They advised him to bathe in a *siddha* lake nearby. He thus found himself thoroughly changed. With him Sukanyā enjoyed life. Her father came there some time after and was not aware of the change in the sage’s form. He took him to be a paramour and scolded his daughter. When he came to know the fact he was much pleased. In the *yajña* performed Cyavana offered soma to Aśvins who were so far denied a share, being physicians. Indra resented this and wanted to kill Cyavana. But the latter’s act was accepted by all as a precedent.² Father of Āpravānam and Dadhica.³