क्षीरोदमथनोद्भूतं प्रलयानलसन्निभम् ।। पीत्वा हलाहलं घोरमरक्षद्भुवनत्रयम् ।। १६ ।।
He protected the three worlds by drinking off the terrible poison as fearful as the fire at the hour of dissolution, when it was produced at the churning of the milk-ocean.