In the Kāñcīpuram (Kanchipuram) edition of Viṣṇupurāṇa (Vishnupurana), it is said that Aṣṭaka (Ashtaka) was one of the brothers of Vasudeva, belonging to Yadu-Vṛṣṇivaṃśa (Yadu-Vrishnivamsa; the lineage of Yadu and Vrishni).