Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2167

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On the way, he visited his father Kaśyapa who was performing penance on the Gandhamādana mountain. He asked his father to give him some food, as he was very hungry. Kaśyapa told him the following story:— "Long ago a sage named Vibhāvasu lived near this place. He and his younger brother named Supratīka began to quarrel over the sharing of their father's wealth. The elder brother transformed the younger brother into an elephant by a curse and the younger brother turned the elder into a tortoise by his curse. They are still living in yonder lake as elephant and tortoise and continue like enemies. If you eat both of them, you will be strong enough to fight against the Devas and get possession of Amṛta for yourself."