A celebrated यक्ष . This यक्ष got a daughter named सौदामिनी . Her father took her to different mountains to entertain her. One day while she was playing with her companion कपिशभ्रू she met a यक्सपुत्र named अट्टहास . They fell in love and सौदामिनी 's father agreed to their marriage and fixed it. After fixing the marriage पृथूदर took his daughter to his house. Next day her companion कपिशभ्रू came to सौदामिनी in a sorrowful mood and when she asked her the reason she said "Friend, how am I to report to you this sad news. On my way to you I passed through a garden named चित्रस्थल in the valley of the हिमालय s. To have some sport with the love-stricken अट्टहास his friends staged a drama in which अट्टहास was made वैश्रवणराज and his brother दीप्तशिख , नलकूबर , and the rest, his ministers. They were thus acting and enjoying when नलकूबर himself came that way and seeing his servant अट्टहास in the robes and form of his father was angry and calling अट्टहास to his side said: "A servant like you is ambitious of becoming a king. Let this ambition be the cause of your downfall. You will be born as man." अट्टहास was shocked and he craved pardon "Oh Lord, I did this only for some entertainment. I did not do it with any desire for a big position. Pardon me for my mistake. नलकूबर then by his divine power understood everything and taking pity on him consoled him and said "She with whom you are in love will be your wife in your life as man. Your brother दीप्तशिख will then be born as your son. Both of you will then be released from the curse. दीप्तशिख after ruling the country for some time will also be free from this curse." अट्टहास and दीप्तशिख soon disappeared by the power of the curse.

अट्टहास was born as king of त्रिगर्त्त in the name of पवित्रधर and सौदामिनी became his wife. A son was born to them named दीप्तशिख and as soon as he was born the parents were released from the curse and entered heaven. (Śaśāṅkavatīlambaka, Kathāsaritsāgara, Taraṅga 6) .