 तत्रपूर्वं पदं कृत्वा पुरा विष्णुस्त्रिविक्रमे।।द्वितीयं शिखरे मेरोश्चकार पुरुषोत्तमः। 
 When the supreme being, Visnu took his three strides as Lord Vamana, he placed his first foot on this peak and the second on the peak of mount Meru. 