A brahmin who got his life back because of his devotion to Surya. He lived with his wife Devamati  in Kamalapura, ruled by Kamalavarma. They had a son named Mahipala, and a divine voice announced at his birth, that he would be king. Later, they also had a daughter named Chandramati. Once, famine struck the land, and so bad was the situation that the king had to take from his subjects, to meet his daily needs. Chandraswami decided to take his kids to his in-laws’ house. On the way, they passed through a forest, which only had shriveled trees. The ground was hot and the children were thirsty. He left the children under a tree and went searching for water. On the way, he was captured by tribals, who wanted to sacrifice him to their goddess. He started praying to Surya who appeared and blessed that he would not die and would be reunited with his family. The children meanwhile began crying and a merchant Sarthadhara who was passing by, took pity on them and led them to his home.

A few days later, Anantaswani, minister of the king Taranath of Tarapura, arrived at Sarthadhara’s house. Anantaswami was childless and took the children to his house. Meanwhile, Surya appeared in the tribal king’s dreams and asked him to spare the brahmin. Chandraswami was released and while hunting for his children, reached Jalapura. While he was staying at a merchant’s house, he heard from his host that a merchant named Kanyakavarma had found two children in the forest and he had taken them to an island. Chandraswami went there with another merchant named Vishnuvarma. There they learned that Kanyakavarma had taken the children to Katahadweepa. Chandraswami reached there with the help of a merchant named Danavarma. From there on, he traveled to many islands including Suvarna, Sinhala,  and so on. Finally, he caught up with Kanakavarma at Chitrakutapura, but it turned out that the children weren’t his. He went back and during his journey, reached a massive forest. He ate his dinner and climbed a tree to sleep, but couldn’t. He saw a female sect dancing around Bhairava under the tree. Narayani, their leader saw him, and asked him to come down after the others had left. She gave him a flower and as per her advice, he went to Tarapura. There he reached Anantaswami’s house and began reciting the vedas in return for food. Anantaswami invited him for lunch and there he saw his children. When he placed the flower on the children’s heads, they remembered him. The king Tarakavarma gave his daughter Bandhumati to Mahipala along with half the kingdom. They also brought back their mother as per Kathasaritasagara Alankaravatikalambaka Taranga 6.