Nārada said, “O dear father Brahmā, with your mind fixed on Śiva, you are blessed indeed. Please explain this again still more precisely.” Brahmā said, “I, the lotus-born, once called together all the sages and all the Gods and addressed them lovingly with these good words. ‘If you have faith in permanent happiness, if you desire the achievement of the same, all of you shall come along with me to the shores of the milk ocean.’ On hearing these words, they accompanied me to the place where lord Viṣṇu, the benefactor of everyone, was stationed. O sage, on reaching the place, the Gods bowed down with palms joined in reverence and prayed to the lord of the universe Janārdana, lord of the Gods. On seeing Brahmā and other deities standing there, Viṣṇu remembered the lotus-like feet of Śiva and spoke these noble words.