Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1866

c7.1866

At this stage, the sage Nārada happened to come there and he explained to Māyāvatī in secret, that the baby was Kāmadeva and she was Rati. From that time, she brought up the child with great affection and tenderness. As years passed and Kāma grew up into a youth, Māyāvatī began to make amorous advances towards him. Looking upon her with regard due to a mother, Kāma was displeased with these advances. Then she told him what Nārada had disclosed to her about their relations in the past life. She advised him to kill Śambara and to leave the place for Dvārakā as soon as possible. As advised by her, Kāma killed Śambara and both he and Māyāvatī went to Dvārakā in a Vimāna and paid their respects to their parents there. In the presence of a large number of sages, Kāma was christened “Pradyumna”. Aniruddha, the husband of Uṣā, was the son of Pradyumna. Besides Aniruddha, Pradyumna had a daughter Tṛṣā.¹