[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) › c9.4772 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4772 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4772 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4772](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4772) 11) Cursing Vidyutprabhā. Once Viśvāmitra did penance to obtain the position of Kubera, who employed the celestial maid Vidyutprabhā to obstruct the penance of Viśvāmitra. She came to the forest in which Viśvāmitra was doing penance and tried to entice the hermit by her beauty. But when she saw that her beauty did not attract the hermit, she assumed a fearful form. Seeing this form, the hermit cursed her. "You shall retain this fearful form and live like a giantess." She requested for redemption. The hermit said that when Śrīdatta, the son of Kālanemi, touched her hair she would be redeemed from the curse. - [Previous: c9.4771](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4771) - [Next: c9.4773](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4773) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4772](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4772) · Pramāṇa