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In the Uttara Purana of the Mahapurana, it is said that a certain celestial being, by the name of Angaravega, carried away Kumar Vasudeva from the elephant king. Angaravega was the heir of Ashanivega, the king of the Kinnarageeta city. Ashanivega had a daughter named Shalmalidatta, born to the wind-speed woman, who was like a second Rati. Ashanivega had given her to Kumar Vasudeva in marriage. Kumar Vasudeva, after enjoying the pleasures of love with her, spent some days there. When he wished to leave, Angaravega, seeing him ready to depart, lifted him up and took him to the sky. Shalmalidatta, upon learning this, pursued him with a naked sword in her hand. Fearing Shalmalidatta, Angaravega left Kumar Vasudeva and fled. Kumar Vasudeva was about to fall when the Parnaladvi, a celestial power sent by his beloved Shalmalidatta, gently lowered him onto an island in the middle of the lake near Champapur. There, Kumar Vasudeva asked the people living on the shore how to get out of the island. They asked him if he had fallen from the sky, as he seemed to be unaware of the way out. Kumar Vasudeva replied that they were right, he had indeed fallen from the sky. Hearing his reply, they all laughed and showed him the way out, saying, "You can get out of the water through this path." Kumar Vasudeva, following that path, entered the city and went to the guru of the Gandharva Vidya, named Manohar. There, many students were learning to play the Veena, preparing for the Swayamvara of Gandharvadatta. Seeing them, Kumar Vasudeva, hiding his knowledge of the Veena, pretended to be a fool and said, "I too will practice playing the Veena with these people." Saying so, he took a Veena. First, he broke its strings and then smashed the Tumba. Seeing this, the people laughed heartily and said, "Look at his audacity!" They also said to Kumar Vasudeva, "You seem to be so clever, it seems you will be the husband of Gandharvadatta and defeat us all in the art of singing and playing."