Appearing in the forms of a swan, a tortoise, a fish, O foremost of twice-born ones, I shall then appear as a boar, then as a manlion, then as a dwarf, then as Rama of Bhrigu's race, then as Rama the son of Dasharatha, then as Krishna the scion of the Satvata race, and lastly as Kalki.
हंस: कूर्मश्च मत्स्यश्च प्रादुर्भावा द्विजोत्तम॥ वराहो नरसिंहश्च वामनो राम एव च। रामो दाशरथिश्चैव सात्वतः कल्किरेव च॥