कौर्मं मात्स्यं नारसिंहं वामनं च जगत्पते: । क्षीरोदमथनं तद्वदमृतार्थे दिवौकसाम् ॥ २० ॥
kaurmaṁ mātsyaṁ nārasiṁhaṁ vāmanaṁ ca jagat-pateḥ kṣīroda-mathanaṁ tadvad amṛtārthe divaukasām
- kaurmam
- the incarnation as a tortoise
- mātsyam
- as a fish
- nārasiṁham
- as a man-lion
- vāmanam
- as a dwarf
- ca
- and
- jagat-pateḥ
- of the Lord of the universe
- kṣīra-uda
- of the Ocean of Milk
- mathanam
- the churning
- tadvat
- thus
- amṛta-arthe
- for the sake of nectar
- diva-okasām
- on the part of the inhabitants of heaven
The Bhāgavatam also tells of the appearances of the Lord of the universe as Kūrma, Matsya, Narasiṁha and Vāmana, and of the demigods’ churning of the Milk Ocean to obtain nectar.