स्थितमिव परिरक्षितुं समन्ता- दुदधि-जलौघ-परिप्लवाद्धरित्रीम् । गगन-तल-वसुन्ध्राऽन्तराले जल-निधिवेग-सहं प्रसार्य देहम् ॥

Karandikar - which, after having spread its form , capable of withstanding the onslaught of the sea-waters, stood, as though for protecting the earth from being flooded by the rushing waters of the ocean ;