Milk Ocean
place · 2 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
Ocean of Milk · milk ocean · ocean of milk · treasure-house of nectar
spoken of as
2 expressionsOcean of Milk2 mentions
Viṣṇu Smṛti (Sanskrit) · Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Sanskrit)
Seeing it, she beheld in its midst the abode of Keśava.
the ocean of milk1 mention
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Sanskrit)
'By churning the ocean of milk, we shall obtain the nectar therein.
in the texts
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
The mythic ocean of milk, named as a distant dwelling place of some of the monkeys summoned.
Those dwelling on the shores of the milk ocean, inhabiting forests of tamāla trees, and feeding on coconuts — their number is beyond reckoning.
'By churning the ocean of milk, we shall obtain the nectar therein.
"Having resolved to churn, using Vāsuki as the churning rope and Mount Mandara as the churning staff, those of boundless might churned.
Viṣṇu Smṛti
The cosmic ocean of nectar where Viṣṇu resides, reached by the Earth after being directed there by Kaśyapa.
Seeing it, she beheld in its midst the abode of Keśava.
Thus addressed, Vasudhā honored Kaśyapa and then Proceeded to the Ocean of Milk to see Keśava (Viṣṇu).
It was like another terrestrial sphere, resembling a hundred Himālayas, As if beckoning the Earth with its moving hands of waves.