Anantaśayana

Between one universe and the next, Vishnu sleeps on the endless serpent, afloat on the ocean of milk.

Ananta means “without end”. Shesha, the thousand-hooded serpent, is what remains when everything else dissolves, and he becomes the bed of the Preserver. Vishnu lies in yoga-nidrā, the sleep that is fully awake. Lakshmi sits at his feet. From his navel a lotus rises, and on it Brahma opens his eyes to begin the world again.

शान्ताकारं भुजगशयनं पद्मनाभं सुरेशं
विश्वाधारं गगनसदृशं मेघवर्णं शुभाङ्गम् ।
लक्ष्मीकान्तं कमलनयनं योगिभिर्ध्यानगम्यं
वन्दे विष्णुं भवभयहरं सर्वलोकैकनाथम् ॥

Serene of form, resting on the serpent, lotus-navelled, lord of the gods, the support of the universe, vast as the sky, dark as a rain cloud. Beloved of Lakshmi, lotus-eyed, reached by yogis in meditation: I bow to Vishnu, who takes away the fear of worldly life, the one lord of all worlds. — Viṣṇu Dhyāna Śloka

Here, the night sky and the still water are the point. Nothing hurries. Even the fish move slowly. This is the pause the whole cosmos rests in, before the next breath of creation.