Rishi Durvasa

An ancient Rishi – the son of Rishi Atri and Rishika Anasuya and incarnation of Bhagwan Shiva

Known for his extremely Short Temper and Tendency to Boon and Curse.

He was always received with great reverence by humans, devas and asuras.

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Once Brahma and Shiva became violent in an argument, it was Shiva's wrath, as a result of which, the gods fled from him out of fear. Feeling his anger, Shiva decides to deposit himself to Anasuya's body. A child was born out of this anger, was none other than Rishi Durvasa.

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Once Durvasa was wandering in ecstasy with a wreath of flowers, meet with Indra riding on Airavata.

Durvasa threw the garland at Indra, and Indra placed it on Airavata. Airavata threw it and trashed it. Seeing this, Durvasa cursed Indra to remove his post as king of 3loka.

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Indra and Devas were immediately stripped of their powers due to Rishi Durvasa's curse.

Bhagwan Vishnu advised Samudra Manthan to obtain Amrut. After Samudra Manthan and Nector, the Devas got back their strength and power and defeated the asuras.

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King Ambarisha was fasting after a yagna to get SudarshanChakra as blessing from Vishnu. Last moment, Durvasa arrived and asked him to wait until his bath. Though it was time to break the fast to fulfill his vow, but it would be impolite to eat before serving his guest.

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Finally, he decided to break his fast by taking a sip of water and waited for Durvasa's arrival.

Feeling that King had insulted him, Durvasa created a demon, to kill King. Immediately, Sudarshana Chakra killed the demon and start chasing Durvasa, who ran to Vishnu for help

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Bhagwan Vishnu couldn't help and said that he powerless against Ambarisha's devotion and suggested to beg forgiveness of the King himself.

Durvasa returned to Ambarisha, who prayed to Vishnu to recall the Sudarshana Chakra and save the sage.

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Shakuntala was the daydreaming about her lover, King Dushyanta. She was so lost and missed arrival of Durvasa. Enraged, he cursed her that her lover would forget her until Dushyanta would remember her when he saw the ring he had gifted her.

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Sure enough, Dushyanta forgot all about her and remembered everything only when he saw the ring, much later after she had lost it. Finally, the two lovers reconciled and lived together happily ever after, along with their son, Bharata.

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Once Rama was in a private conversation with Yama. Any trespasses during the meeting will be executed, Rama Told Laxmana and asked him to guard the door.

Durvasa came to Ayodhaya to meet Rama, Lakshmana politely asked the sage to wait till Rama finished his meeting.

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The angry sage threatened to curse all of Ayodhya if he was not let in immediately. A frightened Lakshmana decided to interrupt the meeting and inform his brother about the sage's arrival. Rama quickly concluded his meeting and received the sage with due respect.

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Durvasa asked Rama to be fed and the latter immediately called for food. After that, the satisfied sage went way
Now Rama was filled with sorrow, as he had to execute Lakshmana for having interrupted the meeting. He had promised that to Yama & could not go back on his word

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On Vasishtha's advice, he then asked Lakshmana to leave him for good, as this would be equivalent to death, as far as he was concerned. So the younger brother went to the banks of River Sarayu and resolved to give up his life by drowning there.

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When Kunti was a young, King asked his young daughter to take care of Durvasa. Kunti patiently served him patiently during the stay

Durvasa was pleased with her devotion. He rewarded a boon to Kunti which enables to invoke any Deva of her choice and beget a child from him

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Curious Kunti called Surya Deva, and immediately bore her first son, Karna. Fearing the fate of an unwed mother, she float down him in a river. It was took by Adhiratha, who raised him.
He went on to become one of the greatest warriors and a sworn enemy of the Pandavas.

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Once, while bathing in the river, Durvasa's clothes got carried away by the currents. Seeing this, Draupadi, the Pandavas' wife, gave him her own clothes. Durvasa blessed her by saying that she would never lack clothes at any time she really was in need of them.

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This blessing worked like a miracle during vastraharana episode. After letting the Pandavas lost Draupadi and order to strip her of her clothing.

However, try as they might, they were unable to do so, as Krishna's grace kept draping reams and reams of clothing around her.

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During Pandavas' exile, Durvasa and his disciples went to the Pandavas' hermitage in the forest, demanding lunch. The Pandavas had just finished their meal and there was no food left. The Pandavas were anxious that they would enrage the sage, thus earning his curse.

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While the entourage went for bath, Draupadi prayed Krishna. Krishna appeared & asked for food. She said she had no food left, but found a lone grain of rice and a piece of veg stuck to the akshayapatra.

He partook of that and announced that he was satisfied with the meal.

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This satiated the sage's hunger too, as that of his disciples' as well. Krishna was the Supreme Being and satisfying his hunger would satisfy the whole world.

Durvasa and his pupils silently left after their bath and did not trouble the Pandavas again.

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After Krishna's passing, Uddhava went to Badrinath, the abode of Nara Narayana. He kept listening to the latter's discourses there.

Once, in the middle of a discourse, Durvasa arrived there from Kailasa. But no one noticed him, as they were engrossed in the discourse.

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The sage waited, yet no one welcomed him. He felt insulted and cursed the entire assembly, that all of them would be born as humans and suffer insults

After pacify Sage cursed Narayana would be reborn as Dharma and Bhakti's son to free them all from the clutches of evil

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The couple eventually had a son named Ghanshyam, who went on to be known as Swaminarayana.

This story is mentioned only in the Swaminarayana legends and does not feature anywhere else in traditional Hindu legends.

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Ref:-
Bhagavata Purana;
Brahmanda Purana;
Vishnu Purana;
Vayu Purana;
Padma Purana;
Srimad Bhagavatam;
Agni Purana;
Ramayana;
Mahabharata;
Swaminarayana legends