Janamejaya said Tell me, O best of men, why did Hari appear in that powerful form, having a horsehead and which Brahman, the Creator, saw on the shores of the great northern Ocean on the occasion referred to by yourself?
जनमेजय उवाच यत्तद् दर्शितवान् ब्रह्मा देवं हयशिरोधरम्॥ किमर्थं तत् समभवत् तन्ममाचक्ष्व सत्तम।