Shalya said Then Shakra being glorified by the Gandharvas and the celestial nymphs, ascended on the Airavata, the chief among elephants, which bore auspicious marks. The god of fire, of very great strength and the great Rishi Brihaspati, Yama, Varuna and Kubera, the god of wealth, surrounded by all these gods and by the Gandharvas and the celestial nymphs Shakra, the slayer of Vritra and the lord of the three worlds, went round.
शल्य उवाच ततः शक्रः स्तूयमानो गन्धर्वप्सरसां गणैः। ऐरावतं समारुह्य द्विपेन्द्रं लक्षणैर्युतम्॥ पावकः सुमहातेजा महर्षिश्च बृहस्पतिः। यमश्च वरुणश्चैव कुबेश्च धनेश्वरः॥ सर्वैर्देवैः परिवृतः शक्रो वृत्रनिषूदनः। गन्धर्वैरप्सरोभिश्च यातस्त्रिभुवनं प्रभुः॥