Wife of King विमर्शन of किरातदेश . कुमुद्वती requested him one day, to put a stop to his cruelties against the people. His reply was as follows:--"Oh! dear wife, don't feel sorry. In my past life I was a dog and, starved almost to death. I went to the gates of the शिव temple at पम्पापुर . It was चतुर्दशी day, and thousands of people had gathered there, and I stood there looking at the शिवलिङ्ग . Then someone cried out, 'Beat the dog to death,' and though, in mortal terror, I ran thrice about the temple, people beat me to death. Since, although only by accident, I had run thrice around the temple, I was born as a King in the present life. I cherish the greatest devotion for Lord शिव ; but, as inherent tendencies do not die out so easily I possess certain characteristics of the dog and that is why I commit the present cruelties."

On hearing her husband's past history कुमुद्वती wanted to know about her past also, and विमर्शन said thus: "In the past life you were a she-dove. Once you sat on the top of a पार्वती temple with a piece of flesh in your beak. Then another dove tried to snatch it from you, and with it you flew thrice round the temple. But, the other dove killed you and flew away with the piece of flesh. Since you flew around the पार्वती temple thrice you are now born as a queen." विमर्शन told her this also that in the next birth she would be born as the daughter of King सृञ्जय , as the daughter of the King of कलिङ्ग in her third rebirth, as the daughter of the King of मगध in her fourth birth, as the daughter of King दशार्ण in her fifth birth, as the daughter of ययाति in her sixth birth, as the daughter named वसुमती of the King of विदर्भ in her seventh birth, and that ultimately she would attain salvation. विमर्शन in his next birth would likewise be born as the Sindhu King, as the King of सौराष्ट्र in his third birth, as the King of गान्धार in his fourth birth, as King of अवन्ती in his fifth birth, as King आनर्त in his sixth birth, as King of the पाण्ड्यस् in his seventh birth, and that ultimately he too would attain salvation. Thus विमर्शन taught his wife that both of them would ultimately attain salvation as they had gone round the temple. (Śiva Purāṇa, Caturdaśīmāhātmya)

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Wife of कुश , son of श्री राम . कुश lost the ornaments on his hands in water once while he was sporting in the river. Angry at the loss कुश was about to shoot his arrows at the सरयू when the नाग called कुमुद not only returned to him his lost ornaments but also gave कुमुद्वती as wife to him. (Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa) .