Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2929

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SUTAPAS VI. A hermit who was born in the dynasty of Bharadvāja. This hermit had two wives. A son named Kalyāṇamitra was born by Pitṛkanyakā, one of the two wives. The glamour of the second wife of Sutapas attracted the sun, who raped her once and from this, the son Aśvinisuta was born. On seeing that his wife was a harlot, Sutapas abandoned her with her son. Afterwards, at the instance of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the hermit received his wife and her son back. (Brahmavaivarta: 1: 11).