"King Parikshita, the son of Abimanyu, grandson of Arjuna and father of Janamejaya who succeeded Yudhishthira on the throne of Hastinapura died of the bite of a serpent. And so, Janamejaya, the son of Parikshit is said to have performed a great sacrifice of serpents as revenge....After the intervention of Aastika the ‘sarpa satra’ ended."