आस्तीक पर्व — गरुडको कथा

Sauti said: Having been thus adored by Kadru, the God, having the best horses to ride, covered all the sky with blue clouds.

He commanded the clouds saying. “Pour down your life-giving and beneficial showers." Those clouds, luminous with lightning, then poured abundant water.

On account of the wonderful and terribly roaring clouds, that incessantly begot water, the sky looked as if the end of the Yuga had come. And in consequence of myriads of waves, caused in the falling torrents, of the deep roars of the clouds, the flashing of lightnings, the violence of the wind and the general agitation, the sky looked, as if it was dancing in madness.

The sky thus became dark, the rays of the sun and the moon disappeared on account of the incessant downpour. And upon Indra's causing this downpour, the Nagas became exceedingly delighted.

The world became full of water; the cool and clear water reached even the nether regions.

When there became countless watery waves, the snakes with their mother reached the island called Ramaniyaka.