Shiva

A beautiful ascetic's daughter, cursed to remain unmarried, performs severe austerities to win a husband from Shiva. When the god offers her a boon, she asks for a husband with every quality. Shiva grants her request in a way she never imagined.

A sage’s daughter, unable to find a husband, performs severe austerities to please Shiva. When he offers her a boon, she asks repeatedly for a single, perfect husband. Her repeated request becomes the literal form of the boon: she will have five husbands in a future life.

Following a trail of golden lotuses born from tears, Indra finds a weeping goddess and arrogantly confronts a young man playing dice on a mountain peak. The man is Shiva, who paralyzes Indra with a glance and casts him into a cavern with four of his predecessors — all cursed to be reborn as humans.