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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 24]
because she was still unmarried. To keep her virginity undisturbed, the sun-god arranged to give her a child that came from her ear, and therefore the child was known as Karṇa. The custom is that a girl should be married  akṣata-yoni , that is, with her virginity undisturbed. A girl should never bear a child before her marriage.
TEXT 35
इति तस्यां स आधाय गर्भं द्वयों दिवं गतः ।
सद्यः कुमारः संज्ञे द्वितीय इव भास्करः ॥३५॥
iti tasyām sa ādhāya garbham sūryo divam gataḥ sadyaḥ kumāraḥ sañjajñe dvitīya iva bhāskaraḥ
iti —in this way;  tasyām —unto her (Pṛthā);  saḥ —he (the sun-god);  ādhāya —discharging semen;  garbham —pregnancy;  sūryaḥ —the sun-god;  divam —in the celestial planets;  gataḥ —returned;  sadyaḥ —immediately;  kumāraḥ —a child;  sañjajñe —was born;  dvitīyaḥ —second;  iva —like;  bhāskaraḥ —the sun-god.
TRANSLATION
After saying this, the sun-god discharged his semen into the womb of Pṛthā and then returned to the celestial kingdom. Immediately thereafter, from Kuntī a child was born, who was like a second sun-god.
TEXT 36
तं सात्यजन्नदीतोये कृच्छ्राल्लोकस्य विभ्यती ।
प्रपितामहस्तामुवाह पाण्डुर्वै सत्यविक्रमः ॥३६॥
tam sātyajan nadī-toye kṛcchrāl lokasya bibhyatī prapitāmahas tām uvāha pāṇḍur vai satya-vikramaḥ