नंदिकेश्वर उवाच । पुरा कदाचिद्योगींद्र विष्णुर्विषधरासनः । सुष्वाप परया भूत्या स्वानुगैरपि संवृतः १ ।
Nandikeśvara said: Once, long ago, O foremost among Yogins, Viṣṇu was having his nap on his serpent-couch. He was surrounded by the goddess of fortune and his attendants.