In the palace of Draupada, Shikhandin was first born as a woman; then through the virtue of a boon he became a male being. This one is the Shikhandin of old.
पूर्वं हि स्त्री समुत्पन्ना शिखण्डी राजवेश्मनि। वरदानात् पुमाञ्जातः सैषा वै स्त्री शिखण्डिनी॥