Brahma gave Ahalya in marriage to the sage Gautama, and together they had a son, Shatananda. Their union was shattered when Indra disguised himself as Gautama to seduce Ahalya, and the enraged sage cursed his wife to become stone.
Brahma fashioned Ahalya as the most beautiful woman in creation, shaping her with exquisite care, and then bestowed her upon the sage Gautama as his wife.
Indra disguised himself as the sage Gautama and seduced Ahalya. When Gautama discovered the deception, he cursed Indra's body to be covered with a thousand marks, later transformed into eyes.
Rama freed Ahalya from her curse by touching the stone she had become. The sage Gautama had cursed her after Indra seduced her in disguise, and Rama's arrival fulfilled the condition for her liberation.
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