Janamejaya said With what penances was the great Uttanka endued so that he entertained the wish to imprecate a curse on Vishnu himself, who is the source of all power?
जनमेजय उवाच उत्तङ्कः केन तपसा संयुक्तो वै महामनाः। यः शापं दातुकामोऽभूद् विष्णवे प्रभविष्णवे॥