Canto 9: LiberationChapter 1: King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.1.32

tad idaḿ bhagavān āha

priyāyāḥ priya-kāmyayā

sthānaḿ yaḥ praviśed etat

sa vai yoṣid bhaved iti

SYNONYMS

tat — because; idam — this; bhagavān — Lord Śiva; āha — said; priyāyāḥ — of his dear wife; priya-kāmyayā — for the pleasure; sthānam — place; yaḥ — anyone who; praviśet — will enter; etat — here; saḥ — that person; vai — indeed; yoṣit — female; bhavet — shall become; iti — thus.

TRANSLATION

Thereupon, just to please his wife, Lord Śiva said, "Any male entering this place shall immediately become a female!"

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