"Poor little thing!" said Parvati when they found the baby rakshasa. "Rise up, little rakshasa, and equal your mother in age," she declared. "Your name is Sukesha."
Obeying the goddess, Sukesha stood up, fully grown, and bowed to the goddess.
"For my part, I give you a celestial city in which to dwell," said Shiva.
Parvati then bestowed a third boon: rakshasha children would be born the same age as their mothers.
Sukesha will be Sumali's father, and Sumali's daughter Kaikesi will be Ravana's mother.
Inspired by: The Ramayana (Uttara Kanda: Sarga 4).
Notes: The reason baby Sukesha's mother abandons him is so that she can go frolic with her husband.
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