She first swallowed his head and then she began to swallow his tail; in that state she then attempted to save her son and rose to the sky.
तस्य पूर्वं शिरो ग्रस्तं पुच्छमस्य निगीर्यमाणा साक्रामत् सुतं नागी मुमुक्षया॥