हृषीकेश: controller of sense organs, हरि: Visnu, इति these words, श्रुत्वा having heard, कामठम् रूपम् form of tortoise, आस्थित: assuming, पर्वतम् mountain, पृष्ठत: on its back, कृत्वा having made, तत्र there, उदधौ in the ocean, शिश्ये reclined.

Having heard these words, the controller of the sense organs, Visnu, assumed the form of a tortoise reclined in the ocean supporting the mountain on its back.