King Mahasena decided to send a message to King Mandaradeva of Hamasdvipa, about the entire thing.
The messenger of Mahasena carried a portrait of Sundarasena and along with plenty of gifts, boarded a ship to Hamasdvipa.
Mandaradeva was thrilled on having Sundarasena as his son-in-law. When Mandaravati saw the pictures of Sundarasena, she happily agreed to marry him.
Soon after further exchange of messages, the marriage was fixed on an auspicious day after three months.
However, after that, the lovers could not bear to be separated from each other. They were not sure how they could stay away from each other for the next three days.
Mandaravati seemed to be getting thinner because of her love-sickness.
So to solve this trouble, the king of Hamasdvipa sent his daughter to the kingdom of Alaka, along with his minister.
That was when disaster struck.
The ship on which Mandaravati got on was wrecked.
The princess was washed ashore all alone in an unknown place.
The place that Princess Mandaravati had washed over was near the hermitage of Sage Matanga.
Adapted in the Katha Sarith Saritha
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