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| The king thereupon
went to the place where the Vamsadhara River joined the sea, and prayed to the Lord that
he should have the blessed Darshan of the holy feet of Sri Hari. Rishi Narada taught the
king the Kurma Mantra and asked him to remain in Tapassamadhi, meditating upon it. The
king performed intense Tapascharya, repeating the Lord's name, in the Kurma Mantra, and
Lord Sri Hari, assuming the form of Sri Kurmavathara, and decorated with the Sankha,
Chakra, Gada and Padmam, gave Darshan to the king. Rishi Narada, King Suta and Sri
Kurmanatha then proceeded to the neighboring hill where a Rishi called Vakrangamaharshi
was living. On the way, the Lo, seeing a sacred spot, thought it fit to create, through
his 6akra, the brilliant tank known as the Ksheera Samudram. Mahalakshmi came to that
sacred spot and then said that she would reside there. The sacred spot is said to be
Srikurmam or Kurmagundam. |
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