तत्र पूर्वं पदं कृत्वा पुरा विष्णुस्त्रिविक्रमे। द्वितीयं शिखरे मेरोश्चकार पुरुषोत्तमः॥
tatra pūrvaṃ padaṃ kṛtvā purā viṣṇustrivikrame| dvitīyaṃ śikhare meroścakāra puruṣottamaḥ||
English Meaning
There, formerly on the occasion of invading the earth with three paces, that foremost of persons, Vişņu, planting his first foot planted the other on the summit of Meru.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)