A brahmin who defeated Kala. (Yama) He meditated in Pushkaratheertha for two hundred years at the end of which a glow appeared over his head. The glow spread over all the worlds and blocked the path of travelers. The gods appeared before him and asked him what boon he desired. He replied that all he wanted to do was meditate. When Brahma insisted, the brahmin left to a place in the northern valley of Himavan. There too, his glow was an obstruction and Indra sent apsaras to distract him. This didn’t work and Indra sent Yama. But he was unable to separate the brahmin’s soul from his body. Later, the king Ikshvaku approached the brahmin and requested him to give the king something. The brahmin asked him what he wanted and the king asked for half of the brahmin’s tapas energy. The brahmin did so and Ikshvaku became famous as per Kathasaritasagara Suryaprabhalambaka.