Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12


Sanskrit:

अवतारा मया द‍ृष्टा रममाणस्य ते गुणै: । सोऽहं तद्‌द्रष्टुमिच्छामि यत् ते योषिद्वपुर्धृतम् ॥ १२ ॥

ITRANS:

avatārā mayā dṛṣṭāramamāṇasya te guṇaiḥso ’haṁ tad draṣṭum icchāmiyat te yoṣid-vapur dhṛtam

Translation:

My Lord, I have seen all kinds of incarnations You have exhibited by Your transcendental qualities, and now that You have appeared as a beautiful young woman, I wish to see that form of Your Lordship.

Purport:

When Lord Śiva approached Lord Viṣṇu, Lord Viṣṇu inquired about the purpose for Lord Śiva’s coming there. Now Lord Śiva discloses his desire. He wanted to see the recent incarnation of Mohinī-mūrti, which Lord Viṣṇu had assumed to distribute the nectar generated from the churning of the Ocean of Milk.