Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.1110

c5.1110

ed into a frog. Then Śiva blessed her that she would regain her former self after twelve years and have a heroic husband. Madhurā who was thus turned into a frog fell into a well close to where Maya was engaged in tapas. And, after twelve years, the frog regained its former form and became Madhurā again. Maya, who saw her adopted her as daughter and brought her up as such calling her Mandodarī. Mandodarī became Rāvaṇa' wife and thus Dundubhi became the brother-in-law of Rāvaṇa.