namah karana-matsyaya

 pralayabdhi-caraya ca

hayasirsne namas tubhyam

 madhu-kaitabha-mrtyave

 

akuparaya brhate

 namo mandara-dharine

ksity-uddhara-viharaya

 namah sukara-murtaye

 

Translation: 

 

I offer my obeisances to You, the cause of the creation, Lord Matsya, who swam about in the ocean of dissolution, to Lord Hayagriva, the killer of Madhu and Kaitabha, to the immense tortoise [Lord Kurma], who supported Mandara Mountain, and to the boar incarnation [Lord Varaha], who enjoyed lifting the earth.

 

Purport: 

 

The Visva-kosa dictionary states that the word akuparaya indicates the king of tortoises.