Chapter 3 — kūrmāvatāravarṇanam — Verse 8

Agni Purana · 3 · Verse 8

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Sanskrit Original

कूर्मरूपं समास्थाय दध्रे विष्णुश च मन्दरम । क्षीराब्धेर्मथ्यमानाच्च विषं हालाहलं ह्य अभूत ।।

kūrmarūpaṃ samāsthāya dadhre viṣṇuś ca mandaram | kṣīrābdhermathyamānācca viṣaṃ hālāhalaṃ hy abhūt ||

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Taking the form of a tortoise, Vishnu supported the Mandara; as the milky ocean was churned, poison indeed arose — the deadly Halahala.

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