Hymn to Siva - Verse 9-11

In the vast single ocean, the lord holding conch, discus and mace lay on the serpent couch. He had the colour of the cloud. He was lotus-eyed. He had a crown. He was the lord of LaksmI. He was Hari, the eighth Purusottama born of the mouth of Narayana. He had eight arms, and a broad chest. He is the source of origin of the worlds. He was in communion with the self. Conversant with the process of Yoga, he had taken to meditation beyond the ken of thought, by his Maya. The serpent (his couch ) had a thousand hoods ; its body had an unparalleled splendour and the lustre of gold.