Kumaravana

The place where the king Sudyumna was transformed into a female.

Kumaravana was near Kailash. Once Shiva and Parvati were copulating there. Without knowing that, Sanaka and other sages decided to pay them a visit. Since they didn’t find the pair in Kailash, they reached Kumaravana. They came across the naked pair, who weren’t pleased by the intrusion. Parvati decreed that whoever entered the forest henceforth would become a woman. From then on, people never ventured into the forest. Sudyumna didn’t know this and entered the forest for a hunt. Sudyumna became a beautiful woman named Ila. On her way back she met Budha. They fell in love and got married. Their son was Pururavas as per Devibhagavata Prathamaskanda.