Lord Shiva being of Yogic disposition, goes off to Kailasa often. Parvati was feeling loneliness and immense grief.
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Once she requested Shiva to take her to the most beautiful garden in the world.
Shiva took her to Nandanavana, where Parvati saw a tree known as Kalpavriksha which could fulfill any wish.
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As she wanted a daughter now, her wish was granted and a beautiful girl was born. She was named Asoka Sundari by Shiva, because she removed Shoka (grief) of Parvati. The word Ashoka means without sorrow and because she got rid of Parvati’s sorrow, she was named Ashoka Sundari. Sundari means beautiful. Parvati also gave her a wish that King Nahusha (the son of Ayu) would be her husband. Nahusha was yet to be born. King Nahusha of the lunar dynasty, who would be equal to Indra, the king of heaven. Nahusha once replaced Indra but was cursed by Sages for his arrogance. He fell on to earth as a python snake, He waited for Yudhishtira to come and relieve him from the curse during Mahabharat Era.
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Ashoka Sundari was present at the time Ganesha was beheaded by lord Shiva. Ashoka Sundari got scared by her father’s act of chopping Ganesha’s head and hid behind a sack of salt. When Parvati got to know about her son’s fate, she becomes extremely angry. Out of anger, she also cursed Ashoka Sundari to become a part of the salt. Later when Ganesha’s head was restored by Shiva, they restored life in their daughter and pacified her. From then Ashokasundari Devi has been associated with salt which symbolises the eternal taste of life and without which the life is unsavoury.
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Near Nandanavana lived a Asura named Nighunda. He used to claim that Nandanavana was the capital of his land. One day after entering the mangrove, Nighunda caught sight of this most beautiful girl and immediately fell in love with her. However, Asokasundari rejected the advances of the asura and informed him about her destiny to marry King Nahusha. Nighunda disguised himself as a widow, whose husband was killed by him, and asked Asoka Sundari to accompany her to her Ashrama.
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Ashokasundari followed this woman and they left the grove. When they came to the widow’s cottage, the widow immediately changed herself back into a Asura and grabbed Ashokasundari. Ashokasundari was so furious that she cursed the demon: “My husband, Nahusha, will kill you!” Then she managed to break free from the demon’s hold and Left to Kailasa.
Meanwhile, Pururavas the ancestor of all Chandravamshi dynasties
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and he ruled over the kingdom of Prayaga, with Pratishthana as his capital.
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After his death, his eldest son Ayu became the king. Ayu was married to Prabha, the daughter of the Asura Rahu.
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However, he remained childless. Ayu approached the seer Dattatreya and after propitiating him, he requested the Rishi to grant him a son who would be invincible and possess many virtuous qualities fit for a king. The Rishi obliged and a son was born to Ayu.
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Nighunda decides to kill Nahusha before he grows up and becomes eligible to marry Asoka Sundari. He kidnaps the infant Nahusha from his palace, Hunda was just waiting for the birth of Ayu’s son because he was scared that Ashokasundari’s curse would come true. So, the infant was kidnapped by the Asura Hunda and he ordered his minions to slay the child. However however the child is rescued by a maid of Nighunda and kept under the Rishi Vashistha’s care. Rishi Vashistha took the child and named him Nahusha “the fearless one”.
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Nahusha grew into a youth, a disciple of Vashistha. Eventually Vashistha revealed Nahusha’s true parentage. Nahusha did tapasya acquired weapons from the gods.
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After few years Nahusha grows up and understands about his destiny to kill the Asura Hunda. Lord Ganesha goes to King Ayu and Indumathi to talk about the marriage of Ashok Sundari and Nahusha. Meanwhile Nighunda abducts Asoka Sundari and tells her that he had killed Nahusha.
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She was consoled by a Kinnara couple who informed her of Nahusha’s well being and prophesied that she would be mother a powerful son called Yayati and a hundred beautiful daughters. Nahusha fought Nighunda in a fierce battle at Rishi Vasishta’s Ashrama, Asura Hunda tried to kill Nahusha. When Ashoka Sundari and Nahusha urged for help, Ganesha and Kartikeya came to protect them from Hunda. With their help, Nahusha killed Hunda. Nahusha and Ashoka Sundari get married and she gives birth to a son called Yayati and 100 beautiful daughters.
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The story does not end with the death of Hunda whoe had a son by the name of Bihunda. When Hunda was killed, his son felt miserable. He decided to kill Nahusha to avenge his father’s death. So he started practising very strict tapasya, or spiritual disciplines. He was praying and praying to the cosmic gods to grant him the power to kill Nahusha once and for all.When the cosmic gods saw what kind of tapasya Bihunda was doing, they became afraid that his desire would be fulfilled and that he would kill Nahusha.
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They appealed to Lord Vishnu to help them. Lord Vishnu took the form of a most beautiful woman and appeared before Bihunda.
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Bihunda fell in love with her at first sight and asked her to become his wife. The beautiful woman responded, “I shall marry you on one condition. I wish you to bring me a particular flower. The name of this flower is kamoda. You must gather ten million of these flowers and worship Lord Shiva with them. After worshipping Lord Shiva, if you can make a garland of these flowers and place it at my feet, then I shall marry you and you will have the capacity to kill Nahusha. I am making this request to you as your future wife.” Bihunda ran to look for the special tree which bore the flower kamoda. He went here and there asking people, “Do you know what the kamoda flower looks like? Do you know where I can find the tree?” But nobody knew where to find the tree or what the flower looked like. Brihaspati is the Guru of the cosmic gods and Shukracharya is his counterpart for the demons.
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Bihunda told Shukracharya what had happened and asked him where he could find the kamoda flower. Shukracharya explained, “This woman has not made it clear to you at all. The kamoda flower does not grow on a tree. This particular flower comes out of the mouth of a woman. She is so enchanting! When she laughs, these flowers come out of her mouth. The colour of the flowers is yellow and they are full of fragrance. If you worship Lord Shiva with these fragrant yellow flowers, he will definitely grant you the boon of being able to kill Nahusha. But, if the woman is crying instead of laughing, you will see that the flowers which she brings out of her mouth are red in colour and without any fragrance. Be careful! Those flowers you must not touch, or there will be some serious calamity or misfortune in your life. You must gather only the yellow flowers that drop from her mouth when she laughs.”
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“Where can I find her?” asked Bihunda eagerly. Shukracharya said, “She lives on the banks of the river Ganga. In the evening you will see her walking along by the side of the river.” The cosmic gods were watching from Heaven. They saw what was happening and once again they became very worried. They asked Narada, the celestial musician, to come to their rescue.
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Narada went to Bihunda and said to the Asura, I will ask the women to put flowers in Ganga and the water will bring them right to your palace. It is beneath your dignity to go and beg for them from a women . Bihunda’s pride came forward and he said to Narada, “You are right. Why should I have to go myself? I will wait for the water to bring the flowers to me.”
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Narada went to the banks of the river Ganga and found the woman and said to her, “ cry and bring out of your mouth the flowers that are red in colour and without fragrance placing them in the river .” She cried and from her mouth came thousands and thousands of red flowers, and she placed them all in the water. The river flowed past Bihunda’s palace, where he had been waiting for flowers to appear. When he saw them coming, he became so excited that he did not observe their colour and fragrance.
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Bihunda was so thrilled and excited that he forgot his Guru’s warning. He did not pay any attention to the colour and he did not try to see if the flowers had any fragrance. In his imagination, the flowers were all yellow and fragrant. His joy had transported him to another world.
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He gathered all the flowers and started worshiping Lord Shiva. Now, Parvati saw that on earth somebody was worshiping Lord Shiva with flowers that had no fragrance. And the flowers themselves were not charming at all. She said, “This is not the flower that Lord Shiva likes. Who can be so disrespectful to my husband?”
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Parvati descended to earth and, with her third eye, she killed the demon Bihunda. She did not need any weapon at that time.
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This girl’s curse brought about the deaths of the demon Hunda and his son Bihunda, who were mercilessly torturing innocent human beings.
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Ashoka Sundari Goddess isresponsible for the spread of Dharma through her acts and conduct.
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She represents the divine love of mother and daughter and the one who ends the sorrows of parents. The Goddess is revered and worshiped.
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Ashoka Sundari is reversed as Bala Tripura Sundari
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Her Mother Parvati is reversed as Tripurasundari
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