In the city of Ujjain, there lived a man by the name of Adityasarma. Adityasarma had lost his parents when he was very young and he was brought up by his uncle who lived in the same city.
Adityasarma became proficient in the Vedas and the Shastra and as he grew up he became friends with a parivajraka, who was a wanderer who roamed from one city to another.
Once the wanderer and Adityasarma went to a cremation ground and performed a sacrifice.
As Adityasarma and the wanderer had performed a perfectly good sacrifice a yakshini or a nymph emerged from the fires on a flying vehicle.
There were many yakshinis attending the main yakshini.
The main yakshini nodded at the wanderer. “By your sacrifice, you now have the power to attract several Yakshinis. You can have one of my attendants for yourself. Choose one.”
The wanderer looked around, and he chose one of the Yakshinis and the main Yakshini left with the others.
Subsequently, Adityasarma spoke with the yakshini who had stayed with the wanderer. “Are there other yakshinis who are available?”
“Yes,” the yakshini nodded. “There were three other powerful yakshinis - Vidyunmala, Chandralekha and Sulochana and Sulochana was the best among all of them.”
Adityasarma decided to win Soluchana’s attention by performing a better sacrifice.
Adapted from the Katha Sarith Sagara
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