Text-11-12
SB 8.5.11-12
sri-rajovaca
yatha bhagavata brahman
mathitah ksira-sagarah
yad-artham va yatas cadrim
dadharambucaratmana
yathamrtam suraih praptam
kim canyad abhavat tatah
etad bhagavatah karma
vadasva paramadbhutam
Translation by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada:
King Pariksit inquired: O great brahmana, Sukadeva Gosvami, why and how did Lord Visnu churn the Ocean of Milk? For what reason did He stay in the water as a tortoise and hold up Mandara Mountain? How did the demigods obtain the nectar, and what other things were produced from the churning of the ocean? Kindly describe all these wonderful activities of the Lord.