[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) › c7.3021 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.3021 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.3021 - **Language:** English ### [c7.3021](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3021) On hearing her husband’s past history Kumudvatī wanted to know about her past also, and Vimarśana said thus : “In the past life you were a she-dove. Once you sat on the top of a Pārvatī temple with a piece of flesh in your beak. Then another dove tried to snatch it from you, and with it you flew thrice round the temple. But, the other dove killed you and flew away with the piece of flesh. Since you flew around the Pārvatī temple thrice you are now born as a queen.” Vimarśana told her this also that in the next birth she would be born as the daughter of King Kaliṅga in her third rebirth, as the daughter of King Daśārṇa in her fifth birth, as the daughter of Yayāti in her sixth birth, as the daughter named Vasumatī of the King of Vidarbha in her seventh birth, and that ultimately she would attain salvation. Vimarśana in his next birth would likewise be born as the Sindhu King, as the King of Saurāṣṭra in his third birth, as the King of Gāndhāra in his fourth birth, as King of Avanti in his fifth birth, as King Ānarta in his sixth birth, as King of the Pāṇḍyas in his seventh birth, and that ultimately he too would attain salvation. Thus Vimarśana taught his wife that both of them would ultimately attain salvation as they had gone round the temple. (Śiva Purāṇa, Caturdaśīmāhātmya). - [Previous: c7.3020](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3020) - [Next: c7.3022](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3022) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Śivapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3021](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3021) · Pramāṇa