Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1124

c8.1124

There is a story about the birth and marriage of Nahuṣa and Aśokasundarī in Padma Purāṇa as given below : Once Śiva and Pārvatī were engaged in love-making in Kailāsa. Pārvatī requested Śiva to show her the best garden ever created by Brahmā. Śiva took her to Nandanavana, where she saw the Kalpa tree, which was beautiful all over, and she asked Śiva about its special features. Śiva replied that anything asked of it would be granted by the Kalpa tree. Pārvatī made a request to the Kalpa tree for a girl just for a test. Instantly a very beautiful girl was born from the tree. Pārvatī named her Aśokasundarī and brought her up as her daughter. Once Pārvatī gave her a boon that she would become the wife of King Nahuṣa of the Lunar family, who would be equal to Indra.