Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1493

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NIKṢUBHĀ. An Apsarā woman about whom the following story occurs in the Bhāmaparva of the Bhaviṣya Purāṇa. On account of the curse of Sūrya, Nikṣubhā, the great beauty in Svarloka, was born on earth as daughter of Sujihva a brahmin of Mihira Gotra. At the instance of her father, she used to keep the yajña fire ever burning. One day the fire held in her hands abruptly burst into flames, and her unique beauty revealed in the light kindled the passion of Sūrya.