Sage Mandavya once cursed a hermitess, Sandili by name, who was a friend of Anasuya that she would be widowed one morning within the next ten days. The hermitess pronounced a counter-curse saying that there should be no dawn any more. Alarmed at this, the gods approached Anasuya who, by the power of penance, converted ten nights into a single night and averted the death of the hermit.
Anasuya’s power 2.117.1-13
Sage Mandavya once cursed a hermitess, Sandili by name, who was a friend of Anasuya that she would be widowed one morning within the next ten days. The hermitess pronounced a counter-curse saying that there should be no dawn any more. Alarmed at this, the gods approached Anasuya who, by the power of penance, converted ten nights into a single night and averted the death of the hermit.