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In the Mahapurana, the Uttara Purana, there are these four things: the Manastambhas, the lakes, the forests, and the Gandhakuti. In the middle of them, there is a Jina, a Tirthankara. || 187 || Thus, Anantavirya and his brother Baldeva descended there. They learned that this Jina was the lord of the city of Shiva Mandir, the son of King Kanakapunkha and Queen Jayadevi, the father of Damitar, and his name was Kirtidhara. He had renounced the world and taken the Parameshwari initiation from the Shantikaran Muni. After observing the Pratimāyoga for a year, he attained Kevala Jnana, and Indra and other gods worshipped him with great devotion. || 188 || Saying this, both brothers circumambulated the Jina three times, bowed down repeatedly, listened to the Dharmakatha, and both brothers sat there, having destroyed their sins. || 449 || Kanakshri also went with them. She bowed down to her grandfather with devotion and asked the Jina, the destroyer of evil deeds, about her future births. || 491 || Asked thus, the Jina, whose words are like nectar, said to her, "To benefit others is the sole fruit of my actions." || 492 || In this Jambudvipa, in the Bharata Kshetra, there was a city called Shankha. In it, there was a Vaishya named Devila. He had a wife named Bandhashri, and from her, he had a daughter named Shridatta, who was elder and virtuous. You had other younger sisters who were leprous, lame, hunchbacked, deaf, crippled, blind, and lame. You yourself took care of all of them. Once, you worshipped the Sarvayash Muni, who resided on the Sarvashila mountain, attained peace, took the vow of non-violence, and purified your mind by observing the Dharmachakra fast. || 493 || On another day, you gave food to an Aryika named Suvrata, according to the prescribed rituals. The Aryika had fasted earlier, so after taking food, she vomited. Because you did not have Samyak Darshan, you felt disgusted with the Aryika. Due to the merit of the vow of non-violence and the fast that you observed, you died at the end of your life and became a goddess of the Saumya heaven, in the Samanika caste. From there, you were born as the daughter of King Damitar, named Kanakshri, from his wife Mandaramalini. The result of your disgust towards the Aryika is that these people killed your strong father and forcibly brought you here, and you suffered. This is why wise people never || 494 ||