Sthulakesha

Ruru sees Pramadvara in the hermitage and is smitten; their marriage is arranged. But days before the wedding, driven by destiny, Pramadvara steps on a coiled snake and is killed instantly by its venomous bite.

The apsara Menaka leaves her newborn daughter on a riverbank and vanishes. The sage Sthulakesha finds the radiant infant, a child who looks like an immortal's, and is moved by compassion to raise her as his own.