Editing Durvasa (section)

==Curses and boons==
The rishi Durvasa, being short-tempered, is said to have both cursed and gifted boons to several notable deities and people in the Hindu scriptures. Some of them include:

'''Curses'''
# [[Indra]], whom he cursed to lose all his powers, after Indra's elephant [[Airavata]] threw down a rather fragrant garland given by Durvasa to Indra.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wilson|first=Horace Hayman|date=1840|title=The Vishnu Purana: Book I: Chapter IX|url=https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/vp/vp044.htm|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-10|website=www.sacred-texts.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060909124522/http://www.sacred-texts.com:80/hin/vp/vp044.htm |archive-date=9 September 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Dutt|first=Manmath Nath|url=https://archive.org/details/Vishnupurana-English-MnDutt|title=VishnuPurana - English - MN Dutt|others=|year=1896|location=Calcutta|pages=37–38|language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=|url=https://archive.org/details/vishnu-puran-illustrated-with-hindi-translations-gita-press-gorakhpur|title=Vishnu Puran Illustrated With Hindi Translations|publisher=[[Gita Press|Gita Press, Gorakhpur]]|pages=35–36}}</ref>
# [[Goddess Saraswati|Saraswati]], whom he cursed to be born as a human because she laughed at his incorrect recitation of the Vedas. [[Ubhay Bharati]] was the human incarnation of the Goddess Saraswati on the earth during 8th Century CE.<ref>{{Cite book|last=[[Vidyaranya]]|url=https://archive.org/details/Acc.No.6086SankaraDigVijaya|title=Sankara Digvijaya- The Traditional Life of Sri Sankaracharya|publisher=[[Ramakrishna Math|Sri Ramakrishna Math]]|year=1996|isbn=81-7120-434-1|pages=19–26|translator-last=Swami Tapasyananda}}</ref>
# [[Rukmini]], whom he cursed to be separated from her husband, Krishna, because she drank water without seeking Durvasa's permission.<ref>{{Cite web|last=www.wisdomlib.org|date=2021-04-16|title=Durvāsā cursing Rukmiṇī [Chapter 2]|url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-skanda-purana/d/doc627241.html|access-date=2021-07-10|website=www.wisdomlib.org}}</ref>
# [[Shakuntala]], who avoided Durvasa while at the ashrama (hermitage) of sage Kanva, which enraged Durvasa rishi, who cursed her that [[Dushyanta]] would forget her. Durvasa later clarified that Dushyanta would remember her when she presented his ring (that he had previously given to her) to him.<ref>Kalidasa: Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works - by [[Arthur W. Ryder]](1914)</ref><ref>Sacontala - translated by Sir William Jones(1789)</ref>
# Kandali, his wife, whom he cursed to be reduced to a heap of dust for excessively quarrelling with him.<ref>Brahmavaivarta Purana Sri-Krishna Janma Khanda (Fourth Canto) Chapter 24 English translation by Shantilal Nagar Parimal Publications Link: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation</ref>   
#[[Bhanumati (Yadava princess)|Bhanumati]], the daughter of Banu, the erstwhile leader of the [[Yadava]]s. Bhanumati provoked Durvasa while playing at the garden of [[Raivataka|Raivata]], and in response, Durvasa cursed her. She, later in life, is abducted by the Danava Nikumbha. However, Durvasa clarified (after being pacified) that no harm would come to Bhanumati, and that she would be saved go on to marry the [[Pandava]] [[Sahadeva]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mani|first=Vettam|url=https://archive.org/details/puranicencyclopa00maniuoft|title=Puranic encyclopaedia : a comprehensive dictionary with special reference to the epic and Puranic literature|date=1975|publisher=Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass|others=Robarts - University of Toronto|pages=116|isbn=9780842608220 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Harivamsha in the Mahabharata - Vishnuparva Chapter 90 - Abduction of Bhanumati and end of Nikhumba|url=http://mahabharata-resources.org/harivamsa/vishnuparva/hv_2_090.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-10|website=mahabharata-resources.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425005205/http://mahabharata-resources.org/harivamsa/vishnuparva/hv_2_090.html |archive-date=25 April 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Dutt|first=Manmatha Nath|url=https://archive.org/details/AProseEnglishTranslationOfHarivamsh|title=A Prose English Translation Of Harivamsha|year=1897|pages=653}}</ref>

'''Boons'''    
# [[Krishna]], whom he blessed with partial invulnerability. The [[Anushasana Parva]], as related by Krishna to his son [[Pradyumna]] details the incident when Durvasa visited Krishna at [[Dvārakā|Dvaraka]], and requested that Krishna smear his own body with the [[payasam]] remaining after Durvasa had eaten. Krishna complied with this, and Durvasa blessed him with invulnerability in those parts of his body that he covered with the payasam, noting that Krishna never smeared the soles of his feet with it.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Debroy|first=Bibek|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=617iBQAAQBAJ|title=The Mahabharata: Volume 10|date=2015-06-01|publisher=Penguin UK|isbn=978-93-5118-876-6|at=Chapter 1825(144)|language=en}}</ref> Krishna would die years after the events of the [[Kurukshetra War|Kurukshetra war]] by an arrow to his foot shot by a hunter who mistook it for a deer.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mani|first=Vettam|url=https://archive.org/details/puranicencyclopa00maniuoft|title=Puranic encyclopaedia : a comprehensive dictionary with special reference to the epic and Puranic literature|date=1975|publisher=Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass|others=Robarts - University of Toronto|pages=429|isbn=9780842608220 }}</ref>
#[[Kunti]], whom he taught [[mantra]]s capable of summoning a [[Deva (Hinduism)|deva]] to beget children. [[Karna]] is born to Kunti, and later the five Pandava brothers are born of Kunti's and her co-wife [[Madri]]'s use of the mantras.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mani|first=Vettam|url=https://archive.org/details/puranicencyclopa00maniuoft|title=Puranic encyclopaedia : a comprehensive dictionary with special reference to the epic and Puranic literature|date=1975|publisher=Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass|others=Robarts - University of Toronto|pages=442–443|isbn=9780842608220 }}</ref>
#[[Draupadi]] who gave him her clothes when his clothes were once swept away. Durvasa blessed her by saying that she would never lack clothes at the time of requirement, and it is due to his blessing that [[Dushasan]] was unable to strip off her clothes in the gambling hall due to lord krishna's presence, thus protecting her modesty.