A king who used to turn into a rooster at night. His wife Vishala was disappointed and consulted the sage Galava. Galava told her that in his previous birth, the king had consumed a lot of chicken to get stronger. The king of roosters Tamrachuda cursed that Kaushika would become a  rooster in his next birth. As per Galava’s advice, the king conducted a shivalingapuja for redemption, according to Skandapurana.