The Purana Index v1.c5.s8.412
The Purāṇa Index v1.c5.s8.412
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v1.c5.s8.412
Citrabhānu (II)—a name of the sun; moves in the north of Śākadvīpa in Śravaṇa and Uttarāṣāḍha;¹ begged of Kārtavīryārjuna, the seven islands as bhikṣā and burnt them all; father of Varuṇa (Vasiṣṭha) famous as Āpava who cursed the king; the sun-god in the guise of a Brahmana asked for food all the immovable property of the king to which he agreed, Aditya was pleased with him and gave him resplendent and useful arrows, he ate all the eastern parts of the kingdom including the tapovana.³