While the entire surface of the earth was converted into a vast expanse of water, with only one sky above it, the lord, like a fire-fly at night during the rainy season, moved about here and there in search of a permanent footing for re-establishing the earth.
जलेन समनुप्राप्ते सर्वतः पृथिवीतले। तदा चैकार्णवे तस्मिन्नेकाकाशे प्रभुश्चरन्।॥ निशायामिव खद्योतः प्रावृट् काले समन्ततः। प्रतिष्ठानाय पृथिवीं मार्गमाणस्तदाभवत्॥