Amṛta-Manthana and Lalitā’s Mohinī Intervention
Amṛtamanthana-Prasaṅga
दिशन्ती क्रमशास्तत्र चन्द्रभास्करसूचितम् / दर्वीकरेण चिच्छेद सैंहिकेयं तु मध्यगम् / पीतामृतशिरोमात्रं तस्य व्योम जगाम च
diśantī kramaśāstatra candrabhāskarasūcitam / darvīkareṇa ciccheda saiṃhikeyaṃ tu madhyagam / pītāmṛtaśiromātraṃ tasya vyoma jagāma ca
As she dispensed in due order, at the sign shown by Moon and Sun, she severed Saiṃhikeya who stood in the midst with the hand that held the ladle. Only his head, having drunk the amrita, rose into the sky.