Taking up the sword which was effulgent like the all-destructive Yuga fire, and wielding a large shield with three high bosses which shone like a mass of dark clouds stricken with flashes of lightning, the divine Mahadeva, the bearer of the Shula, the tearer of Bhaga's eye, began to perform various kinds of evolutions. Endued with great with great prowess, he began to whirl the sword in the sky, seeking an encounter. an
ततो देवो महादेवः शूलपाणिर्भगाक्षिहा॥ सम्प्रगृह्य तु निस्त्रिंशं कालाग्निसमवर्चसम्। त्रिकूटं चर्म चोद्यम्य सविद्युतमिवाम्बुदम्। चचार विविधान् मार्गान् महाबलपराक्रमः॥ विधुन्वन्नसिमाकाशे तथा युद्धचिकीर्षया।