Matsya Purana 249.35
Matsyapurāṇa 249.35
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249.35
svapakṣavyajanenātha vījyamānaṅgarutmatā.
stūyamānaṃ samantācca siddhacāraṇakinnaraiḥ .. 249.35 ..
Afterwards all the Devas and the demons hurled Mandarâchala into the milk-ocean, after which Śêṣa coiled round it, and kûrma (turtle) placed Himself underneath it as the support of the mountains When the demons and the Devas could not manage to turn the floating Mandarâchala, all the Devas with Bali went to the abode of the Lord Viṣṇu, in Vaikuntha, that was shedding its lustre like a white lotus, where the mighty Lord was lying absorbed in deep meditation, wearing yellow clothes, adorned with armlets &c, shampooed by the Goddess Lakshmi, fanned by the wings of Garuḍa and prayed for by the Siddhas and Châranas and the Vedas incarnate, reclining on His left hand, placed under His head All the Devas and the demons prayed to the Lord —30 36
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- The Matsya Puranam — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
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- Matsya — Sanskrit