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Y OF CULTURE
 
A
 
ससको जी
 
GOVERNMENT OF
 
KURMA AVATARA
 
विलोक्य विघ्नेशविधिं तदेश्वरः

कृत्वा वपुः काच्छपमद्भुतं महत् ।

प्रविश्य तोयं गिरिमुज्जहार

समुत्थिता निर्मथितुं सुरासुराः ॥
 

Seeing then the work of the god of

obstacles, the Lord took the form of a

huge and wonderful tortoise, dived into

the waters and lifted the mountain. And

the gods and the demons rose (again) to

churn.
 
संस्कृति
 
SL
 
भारतस
 

 
निर्मध्थ्यमानादुदधेरभूद्विषं

महोल्बणं हालहलाहमग्रतः ।

तदुप्ग्रवेगं दिशिदिश्युपर्यधो

विसर्पदुत्सर्पदसह्यमप्रति ।

भीताः प्रजा दुद्रुवुरङ्ग सेश्वरा
 

अरक्ष्यमाणाः शरणं सदाशिवम् ॥
 

Out of the
ocean
 
that was being
 
Out of the

churned, there arose, in front of them, the,

very terrible poison named Halahala.

Seeing that poison of formidable force

sweeping across all quarters, above and

below, unbearable and irremediable,

people, along with the gods, frightened

and unprotected (by any), fled to the ever

auspicious God Siva for refuge.