Kansa addresses his friends, announces their danger and orders male children to be put to death - Verse 19
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 4 · Verse 4.19
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Sanskrit Original
अथांशुमान अपि ब्रह्मदण्डहतानाम अस्मत्पितॄणाम अस्वर्गयोग्यानां स्वर्गप्राप्तिकरं वरम अस्माकं भगवान प्रयच्छत्व इति प्रत्याह।।
athāṃśumān api brahmadaṇḍahatānām asmatpitṝṇām asvargayogyānāṃ svargaprāptikaraṃ varam asmākaṃ bhagavān prayacchatv iti pratyāha||
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Then, Aṃśumāna also prayed for a boon from our Lord to bring the souls of our ancestors who have been struck by the Brahma staff to the heavenly realm.