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(गांधर्व), a celestial musician. The famous and oft-repeated Sanskrit shloka Asiti girisamam., which means ‘ if an ocean is made the inkpot, the branch of the mythical Parijata tree made the pen and Goddess Saraswati (The Goddess of Knowledge) embarks to write the glory of Lord ( Shiva), it still will be impossible to comprehend the greatness of the Lord fully’ – is among the verses of this stotra. In the verses of the Stotram lie stories about various great acts of the Mahadeva. The thought behind the composition is ‘Enumerating the greatness of Shiva’, being a typical frame of devotion and dedication. 2 The Composition (Story of Pushpadanta).
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