 इति श्रुत्वा हृषीकेश: कामठं रूपमास्थित:।  पर्वतं पृष्ठत: कृत्वा शिश्ये तत्रोदधौ हरि:।। 
 Having heard these words, the controller of the sense organs, Visnu, assumed the form of a tortoise reclined in the ocean supporting the mountain on its back. 