Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.2391

c4.2391

6) Pārvatī's curse. Once Pārvatī and Śiva indulged in their sexual act for many years. The earth began to shake to its foundations. The gods approached Śiva with a request to refrain and he agreed. Śiva's semen was discharged and fell on the earth. Pārvatī who was angry at this, cursed Bhūmidevī as follows: "You Bhūmidevī! You will assume many forms and become the wife of many. Since you have prevented me from giving birth to a son, no children will be born to you in future." (Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Bālakāṇḍa, 36th Sarga).