Freedom from Curse

According Puraan ,at the foot of the Trikut hill was a deep lake. A huge crocodile lived there. One day an elephant came there for a bath. The crocodile took the elephant's leg in his jaws and began to drag him deep into the lake. Despite all his attempt the elephant could not able to set himself free. The elephant, sensing that he was losing the battle, prayed to the supreme god Vishnu for assistance. There was no response.. The crocodile kept on pulling the elephant into the lake. Elephant was on the brink of death. Then he prayed Lord Vishnu for the last time. At this moment he mounted Garuda and came there to help elephant. Lord Vishnu kill crocodile with the help of chakra.
Both the elephant and the crocodile had been humans in their previous lives. The elephant was Indradyumna, a pious king. Once he was in a reflective mood and he did not greet the sage Agastya who had come to meet him. Agastya was famous for his rash temper and he changed the king into an elephant for this indecency. Indradyumna attained freedom from the cycle of rebirth after this encounter. The crocodile was a Gandharva chief named Huhu. Huhu was bathing in this lake with a crowd of Gandharva women. The sage Dewala was standing in the water meditating. To impress the women in his company he playfully pulled the sage by his leg. The sage cursed Huhu and changed him into a crocodile. Thereafter Huhu lived in the lake as a crocodile until he was restored to his Gandharva form by the sacred touch of Vishnu's disc. Because he had died at Vishnu's hands, he too secured a permanent place in heaven.