Hymn to Nilakantha - Verse 91-92

On seeing the poison that had the lustre of the petal of blue lotus and that had appeared like the king of Serpents, Taksaka, clinging to my throat and putting out its tongues, Brahma, the grandfather of the worlds, possessor of excessive splendour, spoke : “Q Mahadeva, of good rites, really you shine due to this throat”.