Nandin said: In order to atone for this Viṣṇu went to Vārāṇasī[4] and resorted to the lord of Avimukta.[5] He performed the ablution of the three-eyed lord, the lord of Devas, with milk. With unswerving devotion, he, together with Brahmā and the sages, sprinkled Śiva with milk which coming in contact with the body of the lord became nectarlike and filled the ocean wherein lord Viṣṇu made his residential abode.