kṣīrābdhermathyamānasya parvato hi rasātalam | gataḥ sa tatkṣaṇādeva kūrmo bhūtvā ramāpatiḥ | uddhṛtastatkṣaṇādeva tadadbhutamivābhavat || 87 || 
87. As the Ocean of Milk was being churned, the mountain sank deep into Rasātala. At that very instant, the Lord of Ramā, Viṣṇu, became a tortoise and lifted it up. That was something really marvellous. 