O Hari, when the fearful Danavas Madhu and Kaitava were bent on killing Brahma, seeing their impious endevour you grew angry and from your head then sprang Sambhu, the holder of trident, the deity of three eyes. Thus have these two foremost of the deities sprung from your body to accomplish your work.
तं हन्तुमुद्यतौ घोरौ दानवौ मधुकैटभौ। तयोर्व्यतिक्रमं दृष्ट्वा क्रुद्धस्य भवतो हरेः॥ ललाटाज्जातवाञ्छम्भुः शूलपाणिस्त्रिलोचनः। इत्थं तावपि देवेशौ त्वच्छरीरसमुद्भवौ॥४०