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Legend · 4 tellings · contested

Indra shares out the guilt of killing Vishvarupa

Indra beheads the three-headed priest Vishvarupa, carries the guilt for a year and divides it among earth, trees and women (and, later, water), each for a boon.

Indra, Vishvarupa Trishiras, Tvashtri, Prithvi

Pan-India