And as they were engaged in excavating, they beheld the elephant of the quarter resembling a hill, named Virūpākṣa, holding the earth.
खन्यमाने ततस्तस्मिन् ददृशुः पर्वतोपमम्। दिशागजं विरूपाक्षं धारयन्तं महीतलम्॥