Indra said: Brahmā saw the Puruṣa in whose heart the entire universe rested. He was lying down on the couch constituted by the body of the serpent Śeṣa.[2] He had lotus-like eyes and four arms holding the conch, discus, iron club, and the lotus. He was wearing ornaments and in that form he resembled the orb of the moon. He bore the mark Śrivatsa over his breast. Brahmā beheld him with pleasure evident in his face. His lotus-like feet had turned red due to the contact with the lotus-like soft hands of Lakṣmī. He was Īśāna the greatest Ātman. By tamas he was in the form of Kala. By rajas he was the initiator of creation of the world. By sattva he was the sustainer of all. He was Parameśvara, the soul of all, the noble Ātman, the supreme soul. Brahmā saw him lying down in his yogic slumber in the milky ocean full of nectar. On seeing him he spoke to him thus: