This artwork shows Surasa, the demon mother of snakes opening her mouth very wide to swallow Hanuman as he flies to Lanka to find Sita, but he became bigger, so she opened her mouth even wider and Hanuman entered her mouth, but before she could eat him, he became very small and slipped out.

The artist shows the size and scale of the Surasa in this painting not only through her form but also through the waves she creates in the water as she moves.