Mantra Raja Pada Stotram - Shloka 3

padAvashTabdha pAtALam mUrdhA vishTa trivishTapam |

bhuja pravishTashTa diSam mahA vishNum namAmyaham ||

padA – feet

vaST – eager, reaching for

abdha – sea, ocean

pAtALam – nether world

The feet reaching the depths of ocean or the netherworld, the lowest of talAs – pAtAla

mUrdha – crown, head

viST – entered into

triviSTapa – heavens, Svarga

The crown, head entering through (above) the heavens

Bhuja – arms

praviSTa – entered

aSTadisham – eight directions

the arms entering into the eight directions

mahavishNu – Lord Mahavishnu

namAmyaham – I salute

I salute that Lord Mahavishnu

Whose feet touch the pAtala,

Whose crown towers above the heavens

Whose arms stretch out to the directions,

That MahavishNu, I salute

Please note here that every line plays on the root word “viS” which is related to pervading, entering, reaching. Words like “viSTa”, “triviSTapa”, “praviSTa”.