Skandapurana 6.3.19.45

6.3.19.45

tāmujjahārārṇavatoyamagnāṃ karī nimagnāmiva hastinīṃ haṭhāt .
nāvaṃ viśīrṇāmiva toyamadhyādudīrṇasattvo'nupamaprabhāvaḥ .. 19.45 ..

He hauled her up, sunk in the ocean water, as an elephant violently hauls up a submerged female elephant,
or like a shattered boat from the midst of the water, he of aroused vitality and matchless power.