Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.38
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.38
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Urvaśī made an earnest effort to hinder the severe vow and penance of Raibhya. But it was of no use, and by his curse, that celestial woman became ugly. She entreated him for liberation from the curse. Raibhya blessed her and said that she could obtain her original form by bathing in Yodhinikuṇḍa. (Yoginī Kuṇḍa). Urvaśī bathed in Yodhinikuṇḍa and from that day onwards that tīrtha (holy bath) came to be known as Urvaśīyoginikuṇḍa.