[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.2250 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2250 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.2250 - **Language:** English ### [c7.2250](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2250) KAUŚIKA VII. A King. This king became a cock at night. His wife Viśālā was filled with grief at this transfiguration of her husband in the night. She told her grief to the hermit Gālava who told the queen about the previous birth of her husband as follows :— “In the previous birth he used to eat cocks to get strength. Knowing this Tāmracūḍa the king of fowls cursed him. “You shall become a cock during nights.” That is why your husband has become a cock.” According to the advice of the hermit the King began to worship Lord Śiva and he was liberated from the curse. (Skanda Purāṇa). - [Previous: c7.2249](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2249) - [Next: c7.2251](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2251) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2250](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2250) · Pramāṇa