Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2169
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.2169
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6) *Other Birth of Kaśyapa.* In Cākṣuṣa Manvantara, the sage Sutapas performed a penance along with his wife Pṛśni for 12,000 years. Lord Viṣṇu appeared to them and asked what boon they wished to ask. They prayed that the Lord should take birth as their son. Viṣṇu granted their prayer and was born as their son.