Why do women get their periods..? Is it a curse..?

In every women a question arises, why women suffer from menstruation..?

What is the reason behind it..?

Why does menstruation happen..?

Of course like any other story, it has to be some curse or something evil and there must be a hand of Indra in it.

This one has his hand for sure.

According to Bhagavat purana it was curse given to Indra which he transferred to women.

So once upon a time Guru Brihaspati got furious with Indra and taking full advantage of the fight between Indra and Brihaspati, the asuras took over the devlok.

As usual, Indra ran away as soon as his kingdom was attacked and occupied.

Indra thought of reaching out to lord Brahma to find a way to please Guru Brihaspati and also to get his kingdom back.

Brahma told him to serve a sage and if the sage is happy with his offering he would get his kingdom back.

As per Brahma's advice, Indra found a sage and started serving him day and night. As luck would have it, the sage's mother was an asura herself so the sage was giving away his offerings to asuras instead of devas. As soon as Indra got to know that the sage was giving away his offering to asuras and not to devas, he killed the sage.

Indra didn't realise that he had committed a bigger crime now by killing a Brahmin. 

Indra got scared and decided to hide in a flower for a year and pray for almighty lord Vishnu.

Finally after hearing his prayer, lord Vishnu appeared and told him that he would be saved but he would have to divide the burden of his crime to trees, water, earth and women.

However he was to curse them all in one single go and also give them a blessing in return.

TREES: 1/4TH OF THE CURSE WAS GIVEN TO THE TREES AND THEY WERE BLESSED IN RETURN, THEY COULD REGROW OR REGAIN THEIR LIFE AS PER THEIR OWN WILL.

WATER: 1/4TH OF THE CURSE WAS GIVEN TO THE WATER AND IN RETURN, IT GOT THE POWER TO PURIFY THE OTHER BEINGS IN THE WORLD, THIS IS WHY HINDUS CONSIDER WATER TO BE PURE AND WILL USE IT WHILE PERFORMING MANY CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS.

EARTH: 1/4TH OF THE CURSE WAS GIVEN TO THE EARTH AND IN RETURN, IT WAS BLESSED WITH THE POWER TO HEAL.

WOMEN: THE LAST PART OF THE CURSE WAS GIVEN TO WOMEN WHICH THEY GOT IN THE FORM OF MENSTRUAL CYCLE OR PERIODS. BUT IN RETURN THEY GOT THE BLESSING OF BEING ABLE TO BEAR A NEW LIFE INSIDE THEM AND BE SUPERIOR TO MEN.