Kashyapa said : This lake you see before you is very sacred. It is even known in the celestial regions. There is an elephant with its face downwards continually dragging a tortoise which is his elder brother.
कश्यप उवाच इदं सरो महापुण्यं देवलोकेऽपि विश्रुतम्। यत्र कूर्माग्रजं हस्ती सदाकर्षत्यवाङ्मुखः॥