In these times, there were instances of certain females being cursed on entering the shrine of Skanda. So as soon as the Nagi Ratnaprabha heard the words of the Skanda, she left the body of King Kanakavarsha.
Kanakavarsha did not know this and entered the shrine of Skanda.
Skanda looked at the king and realized that the king was missing something. Using the powers of his meditation, Skanda immediately realized that something was wrong.
That was when Skanda realized that the king had used the help of the Nagi Ratnaprabha to overcome the trials when performing his penance.
Skanda became furious and cursed the king. “You have tried to deceive me for a son. So for this, I curse you that you will be separated from your son.”
Kanakavarsha was aghast when he heard Skanda’s words.
But the king collected himself and tried to pacify Skanda with his words.
Skanda studied the king with his anger mollified by the words of the king. “If you survive the dangers faced by you, then you will get your wife and son back.”
The king was relieved and then went back to his own kingdom.
There King Kanakavarsha and Madanasundari soon afterwards had a son.
The king was very happy and showered riches on all the people in the kingdom.
Kanaka meant gold and Varsha meant a shower in Sanskrit.
So on the birth of his son, the king literally lived up to his name and showered gold to all his subjects happily.
Adapted from the Katha Sarith Sagara
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