Tying his horse then, whose thirst had been satisfied, to a tree, the king plunged into the lake again for doing his ablutions. To his surprise he found that he was metamorphosed by virtue of the waters, into a woman.
अथ पीतोदकं सोऽश्वं वृक्षे बद्ध्वा नृपोत्तमः। अवगाह्य ततः स्नातस्तत्र स्त्रीत्वमवाप्तवान्॥