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आदिकूर्म (AdikUrma)

 
पुराणम्
English
आदिकूर्म / ĀDIKŪRMA. The mountain of mandara which was used as a churn-stick to churn the great milky ocean, Kṣīrābdhi went down the ocean. Then Mahāviṣṇu took the shape of a tortoise to lift it up and this first tortoise was called ādikūrma. (Śloka 12, Chapter 18, Ādi Parva, M.B.).