Krishna combats the serpent Kaliya; alarm of his parents and companions; he overcomes the serpent, and is propitiated by him; commands him to depart from the Yamuna river to the ocean - Verse 6
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 4 · Verse 7.6
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Sanskrit Original
तेषां कुशाम्बः शक्रतुल्यो मे पुत्रो भवेद इति तपश चकार। तं चोग्रतपसम अवलोक्य मा भवत्व अन्यो ऽस्मत्तुल्यवीर्य इत्य आत्मनैवास्येन्द्रः पुत्रत्वम अगच्छत।।
teṣāṃ kuśāmbaḥ śakratulyo me putro bhaved iti tapaś cakāra| taṃ cogratapasam avalokya mā bhavatv anyo 'smattulyavīrya ity ātmanaivāsyendraḥ putratvam agacchat||
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Among them, Kushamba, who would be like Indra, performed austerities. Observing his great penance, Indra did not want another son equal to himself.