Another name for Nikumbha, a sage. If he arrived at a place at dusk, he would stay there for a thousand years. He once reached Kashi when Divodasa had killed the earlier rakshasa king Kshemaka and was ruling the kingdom. Kumbhaka reached a forest there with his disciples and stayed there. The 3 yojana area around his hermitage became very prosperous, and was free of wild animals and disease. Once there was a drought and famine in Kashi and the cowherds found it difficult to find places for their cows to graze. They reached Kumbhaka’s hermitage and were surprised to see it thriving. They began to bring their cows there daily. One day, as they were taking their cows back, they also took Kumbhaka’s sacrificial cow with them. When kumbhaka sat down for his agnihotra at sunset, he found his cow missing. He used his divine sight to find out what happened, and cursed that the cowherds dwellings would become uninhabitable. Soon Kashi became a desolate place. Divodasa shifted to a place on the banks of the Gomati and established a new kingdom there as per Brahmandapurana Chapter 2.