Brihat Samhita
प्रचलत्तिमिशुक्तिजशङ्खचितः सलिले अपहृते अपि पतिः सरिताम् । सतरङ्गसितोत्पलहंसभृतः सरसः शरदिइव विभर्ति रुचिम् ॥ १२-०४ ॥
There were also seen, moving to and fro, whales, pearl oysters and conch shells, and the sea altogether looked like a summer lake with its moving waves, water lilies and swans.
english translation
pracalattimizuktijazaGkhacitaH salile apahRte api patiH saritAm । sataraGgasitotpalahaMsabhRtaH sarasaH zaradiiva vibharti rucim ॥ 12-04 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript