While Vishnu was in His Yoga Nidra,two demons emerged from his ears.
(Vishnu does not sleep. It is called Yoganidra, it is Wakefulness born of Yoga.Tamil Language has a beautiful word for this, ‘அறிதுயில்’, which means sleeping while being aware of).
The world was enveloped in water.
They started destroying whatever Brahma has created.
Vishnu found it difficult to kill them.
So He showed confusion in their minds.
While they were confused, Vishnu asked them how Death would embrace them and they replied that they could be killed only in place without water.
One has to remember that there was nothing but water.
Vishnu had them in His lap and killed them with His Sudarshan Chakra.
(Bhavishya Purana)
Vishnu killed them by manifesting as Hayagreeva, after Madhu and Kaidabha stole the Vedas, and hid them in the Ocean.
Vishnu then retrieved the Vedas.
The bodies of Madhu and Kaidabha split into 12 parts(two times Six)
These twelve are the Twelve tectonic plates of the earth.( Padma Purana)
Geology lists Seven Tectonic Plates, six primary, eight secondary.
Primary Plates.
- African Plate
- Antarctic Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Indo-Australian Plate
- North American Plate
Secondary Plates.
- Arabian Plate
- Caribbean Plate
- Cocos Plate
- Indian Plate
- Juan de Fuca Plate
- Nazca Plate
- Philippine Sea Plate
- Scotia Plate
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