Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2451

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Sudevā was struck with wonder at the story of Kaṃsa. She asked the she-hog to continue her own story. She continued her own story. "I have said that my father expelled me. Being shameless I walked away from there soon. Nobody helped me. Those who saw me scolded me. Days passed. Afflicted by a horrible disease, and travelling in this manner, I came to a big house. I entered the courtyard and begged for alms. It was the house of my husband Śivaśarmā. When I abandoned him he married another woman named Maṅgalā and was leading a prosperous life. Maṅgalā gave me food. Śivaśarmā asked me who I was. I told him my story. He remembered me, his former wife. Maṅgalā also felt compassion for me. They gave me gold ornaments and made me stay there. But my conscience pricked me. Thus burning internally I died.