Sūta said: On being ordered thus, he went out of the city. At the instance of his father, the intelligent Satyavrata went to the Cāṇḍāla colony. On being abandoned by his father thus he stayed near the slum while his father went to the forest. The valiant (son) and meritorious king Satyavrata became famous in all the worlds under the name Triśaṅku. Once Vasiṣṭha pronounced on him a curse. Viśvāmitra of great splendour granted him boons and crowned him king in the hereditary kingdom. The sage performed a sacrifice on his behalf. Even as Devas and Vasiṣṭha were watching, the holy lord Viśvāmitra raised him up to heaven in his human form.[3] His wife, Satyavratā born of the Kekaya family[4] gave birth to a spotless son Hariścandra. Hariścandra’s son Rohita was very powerful.