The color of that snake was white. Leaving the human body, that great Naga, of a thousand heads and having a form as large as that of a mountain, endued besides with red eyes, proceeded along the way leading to the ocean.
श्वेतं ययौ स ततः प्रेक्ष्यमाणो महार्णवो येन महानुभावः॥ सहस्रशीर्षः पर्वताभोगवा रक्ताननः स्वां तनुं तां विमुच्य।।