Monday, August 11, 2025

Padma

 In the Padma Purana, the legend of Lomasha coming across five maidens of the gandharva race who had fallen in love with the son of a sage is described by Narada. The young man rejected their advances, and when they attempted to claim him by force, he turned them into pishachas, and they responded in kind. Feeling sorry for their plights, the sage had them bathe in the holy waters of the Narmada river, which returned them to their original forms. Lomasha advised the young man to take the five maidens as his wives and live together by the banks of the river.

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