सुरासुराणामुदधिं मथ्नतां मन्दराचलम् । दध्रे कमठरूपेण पृष्ठ एकादशे विभु: ॥ १६ ॥
surasuranam udadhim mathnatam mandaracalam dadhre kamatha-rupena prstha ekadase vibhuh
- sura
- the theists
- asuranam
- of the atheists
- udadhim
- in the ocean
- mathnatam
- churning
- mandaracalam
- the Mandaracala Hill
- dadhre
- sustained
- kamatha
- tortoise
- rupena
- in the form of
- prsthe
- shell
- ekadase
- the eleventh in the line
- vibhuh
- the great.
The eleventh incarnation of the Lord took the form of a tortoise whose shell served as a pivot for the Mandaracala Hill, which was being used as a churning rod by the theists and atheists of the universe.