[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) › c8.2726 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2726 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2726 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2726](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2726) Lalitā immediately became an ugly, fierce-looking demon. Lalitā deeply mourned over this pitiable plight of her husband and followed him in the forests where he roamed about making loud roaring sounds. While they were thus wandering in the forests, they found a pretty āśrama in which there was an ascetic engaged in penance. Lalitā stood before him with tears rolling down her cheeks. When the sage opened his eyes Lalitā told him that she was the daughter of the Gandharva named Vīradhanvā and that her husband had become a demon by the curse of the serpent King Puṇḍarīkamukha. The sage advised her to observe Ekādaśī Vrata. She observed the Vrata with devotion and her husband Lalitā, was freed from the curse. He became the former handsome Gandharva once again. They then went back to Gandharvaloka. (Chapter 49, Bhāga 4, Padma Purāṇa). - [Previous: c8.2725](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2725) - [Next: c8.2727](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2727) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2726](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2726) · Pramāṇa