Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2014

c9.2014

Viṣṇu received it, but it appeared that his hands were not strong enough to hold it. Śiva smiled at the inability of Viṣṇu and asked him to get down into water by the steps made of Veda and when Viṣṇu descended the steps into the water, it came only up to his thighs. He had his bath and then asked Śiva what he should do next. Śiva:--- “What do you feel in your mind? Is it that you do not feel anything”