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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.3.16
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 16
- surāsurāṇām udadhiṁ
- mathnatāṁ mandarācalam
- dadhre kamaṭha-rūpeṇa
- pṛṣṭha ekādaśe vibhuḥ
surathe theists — the theists; asurāṇāmof the atheists — of the atheists; udadhimin the ocean — in the ocean; mathnatāmchurning — churning; mandarācalamthe Mandarācala Hill — the Mandarācala Hill; dadhresustained — sustained; kamaṭhatortoise — tortoise; rūpeṇain the form of — in the form of; pṛṣṭheshell — shell; ekādaśethe eleventh in the line — the eleventh in the line; vibhuḥthe great — the great.
The eleventh incarnation of the Lord took the form of a tortoise whose shell served as a pivot for the Mandarācala Hill, which was being used as a churning rod by the theists and atheists of the universe.
Once both the atheists and the theists were engaged in producing nectar from the sea so that all of them could become deathless by drinking it. At that time the Mandarācala Hill was used as the churning rod, and the shell of Lord Tortoise, the incarnation of Godhead, became the resting place (pivot) of the hill in the seawater.