Being directed by both Brahma and Narayana to do it, the mighty Ananta uprooted the mountain with all the woods and the denizens of woods that were on it.
ततोऽनन्तः समुत्थाय ब्रह्मणा परिचोदितः। नारायणेन चाप्युक्तस्तस्मिन्कर्मणि वीर्यवान्॥ अथ पर्वतराजानं तमनन्तो महाबलः। उज्जहार बलाद्ब्रह्मन् सवनं सवनौकसम्॥