This infuriated Lord Shiva and he punished Pushpadanta by taking away his divine powers. Pushpadanta was unaware of this and unknowingly stepped on the bilva leaves. Left with no ideas to solve this problem, the king spread bilva leaves or bilipatra (а¤¬а¤їа¤ІаҐЂа¤Єа¤¤аҐЌа¤° - AEGLE MARMELOS tree leaves, which are considered to be sacred offerings to Lord Shiva) in his garden. But Pushpadanta had divine powers to be invisible and hence, the king could not find the culprit. The King did all he could to address the issue. As a result, King Chitraratha was left with no flowers to complete his prayers to Lord Shiva. Every day he tried to stop himself, but failed and picked up the flowers. Pushpadanta was so awestruck by the beauty of the garden, that he could not control his emotions and picked up the flowers from the garden. The King used to offer flowers from his palatial garden as a symbol of his devotion to Lord Shiva. It was King Chitraratha's royal garden, who was also a devotee of Lord Shiva. Once he happened to see a beautiful garden adorned with charming flowers. Pushpadanta was also a devotee of Lord Shiva and a lover of flowers.

Pushpadanta (literally, Flower-Teethed) was a divine musician of such standing, in the court of Lord Indra(King of the Gods). They are not necessarily spiritually realised, but are superior to humans. Along with the kinnar (nymphs), yaksha (archangels), apsara (celestial dancers) etc., gandharva are beings which are said to live in the skies and in the atmosphere, in contact with the higher plane: that of the Gods. Pushpadanta was a Gandharva(а¤—а¤ѕа¤‚а¤§а¤°аҐЌа¤µ), a celestial musician. The Composition (Story of Pushpadanta) Edit

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