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मित्रावरुणस् (mitrAvaruNas)

 
पुराणम्
English
मित्रावरुणस् / MITRĀVARUṆA(S). The combined name of two of the dvādaśādityas (twelve Sūryas) mitra and varuṇa. These two are always seen together. agastya and vasiṣṭha were born as sons of mitrāvaruṇa. It was due to a curse by mitrāvaruṇas that urvaśī had to marry King purūravas, a man of the earth. manu had no children and he performed a yāga to placate mitrāvaruṇas. But since there were many faults in the ceremony a girl was born to him. (For details see under ilā, nimi, urvaśī, vasiṣṭha and mitra).