Skandapurana 1.4.65.11

1.4.65.11

10 gandhamādanasthagṛdhreṇa nijavārtānabhijñānādudāsīnasyendradyumnasyāgnipraveśodyogaṃ dṛṣṭvā prākārakarṇaprārthanayā gṛdhreṇātmano'pi dīrghāyuṣo mānasasaronivāsinaḥ kūrmasya samīpaṃ pratīndradyumnamārkaṇḍeyanāḍījaṅghaprākārakarṇānāṃ nayanama, tatra sarastīre samāgatāna teṣāṃ madhya indradyumnaṃ nṛpaṃ dṛṣṭvā kūrmasya tānasatkṛtyaiva jalamadhye praveśaḥ, tato gṛdhreṇa tasmai jalapraveśakāraṇapṛcchāyāṃ tena kūrmeṇendradyumnasya purākṛtayajñavṛttāntavarṇanasamaya indradyumnasya kīrtyuddhāre satīndradyumnopari devaiḥ puṣpavṛṣṭikaraṇapūrvakaṃ vimānamānīya devadūtenendradyumnāya brahmalokaṃ prati gamanāyendradyumnaprārthanākaraṇam, indradyumnena brahmalokaṃ prati gantumanicchāṃ pradarśya kūrmaṃ prati tasyaiva dīrghāyuṣṭvakāraṇajijñāsayā praśnakaraṇam. 95

10. Seeing Indradyumna’s resolve to enter the fire out of indifference due to the Gandhamādana vulture's unawareness of his history, upon the request of Prākārakarṇa, the vulture leading Indradyumna, Mārkaṇḍeya, Nāḍījaṅgha, and Prākārakarṇa into the presence of a tortoise residing in Lake Mānasa, who was longer-lived than himself; when they arrived at the shore of the lake, the tortoise, seeing King Indradyumna among them, plunging into the water without offering them hospitality; then, upon the vulture asking him the reason for entering the water, as that tortoise recounted the narrative of a sacrifice performed by Indradyumna in the past, Indradyumna's fame was restored; whereupon the gods showered flowers upon Indradyumna, brought an aerial chariot, and a divine messenger urged Indradyumna to go to the world of Brahmā; Indradyumna, expressing his unwillingness to go to the world of Brahmā, questioned the tortoise out of a desire to know the cause of his long life. 95