 In another version in the same "Purana", Gautama catches Indra fleeing as a cat and curses him with castration.Ahalya's plea of innocence is acknowledged by Gautama, who declares that her mind is pure and she has kept the "vow of chastity and fidelity", but another man's seed has defiled her body.Gautama orders her to go to the forest and become a stone until rescued by the touch of Rama's feet.