[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c9.1004 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1004 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1004 - **Language:** English ### [c9.1004](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1004) After a few years, according to the advice of Nārada, Sāmba began to worship the Sun, at a place called Sāmbapura in the basin of the river Candrabhāgā, to get recovery from leprosy. A brahmin also was brought from Śuka (Kuśa) island to perform the fast and vow correctly. (Sāmba 3; Bhaviṣya Purāṇa, Brāhma Parva, 66. 72; 73. 126; Skanda Purāṇa 4. 2. 48; 6. 213). - [Previous: c9.1003](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1003) - [Next: c9.1005](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1005) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Cites (3) - [Sāmbapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.samba.3) — Sanskrit - [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.2.48) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Bhaviṣyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhavisya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1004](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1004) · Pramāṇa