Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1134
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1134
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3) Nahuṣa became Indra. Became a python by the curse of Agastya. To get remission from the sin of Brahmahatyā, incurred by killing Vṛtrāsura, Indra hid himself in a cluster lotuses in the Mānasa lake. The devas who were worried due to the absence of Indra, elected Nahuṣa as Indra temporarily. Nahuṣa wanted to get Indrāṇī. Agastya cursed Nahuṣa and changed him to a python. At the sight of the Pāṇḍavas he regained his original form and went back to the world of Indra. (For detailed story see under Agastya).