Mahārāja Bharata appeared very beautiful. He had a wealth of curly hair on his head, which was wet from bathing three times daily. He dressed in a deerskin. He worshiped Lord Nārāyaṇa, whose body was composed of golden effulgence and who resided within the sun. Mahārāja Bharata worshiped Lord Nārāyaṇa by chanting the hymns given in the Ṛg Veda, and he recited the following verse as the sun rose.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
इत्थं धृतभगवद्व्रत ऐणेयाजिनवाससानुसवनाभिषेकार्द्र- कपिशकुटिलजटाकलापेन च विरोचमानः सूर्यर्चा भगवन्तं हिरण्मयं पुरुषमुज्जिहाने सूर्यमण्डलेऽभ्युपतिष्ठ- न्नेतदु होवाच
itthaṃ dhṛtabhagavadvrata aiṇeyājinavāsasānusavanābhiṣekārdra- kapiśakuṭilajaṭākalāpena ca virocamānaḥ sūryarcā bhagavantaṃ hiraṇmayaṃ puruṣamujjihāne sūryamaṇḍale'bhyupatiṣṭha- nnetadu hovāca
SB 5.7.13