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, 6th Skandha, 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