Citraketu
Citraketu, “with a bright banner”
Citraketu is a name used for more than one person in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
People
- Citraketu of Śūrasena: the king of Śūrasena with ten million wives and no son, who met Bhagavān Saṃkarshaṇa, was cursed by Pārvatī and was reborn as Vṛtrāsura. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 6, Chapters 14–17; Chapter 14: the king, Aṅgiras, the yajña and the poisoning; Chapter 15: the teaching of Aṅgiras and Nārada, and the Saṃkarshaṇa mantra
- Citraketu, Son of Lakshmaṇa: the second son of Lakshmaṇa and Ūrmilā, one of the eight princes of Ayodhyā. Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa, Janma Kāṇḍa, Chapter 9; Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa, Vivāha Kāṇḍa, Chapters 3, 6–7, 9
- Citraketu of Pāñcāla: a Pāñcāla prince killed by Droṇācārya at Kurukshetra. Mahābhārata, Droṇa Parva
Named in passing
- Citraketu, son of Śrī Kṛshṇa: one of the ten sons of Bhagavān Kṛshṇa and Jāmbavatī, told on that page. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 10, Chapter 61
- Citraketu, son of Vasishṭha: the first of the seven brahmarshis born to Vasishṭha Maharshi and Arundhatī, told on that page. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 3, Chapter 24; Skandha 4, Chapter 1; Skandha 8, Chapter 1
- Citraketu, son of Devabhāga: a son of Devabhāga, brother of Vasudeva, by Kaṃsā, told on Yadu Vaṃśa. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 9, Chapter 24