After receiving her on his head, to the world of men, O you best among those that know Brahma; here was asceticism practiced by the goddess (Uma) with the desire of getting Maheshvara for her husband.
प्रतिगृह्य ददौ लोके मानुषे ब्रह्मवित्तम। अत्र देव्या तपस्तप्तं महेश्वरपरीप्सया॥