"I have made a great exertion; O goddess, I have worshipped Shambhu by penances, and I have been told by him. “Your offspring) will first be a female and will then become a man."
कृतो यत्नो महादेवस्तपसाऽऽराधितो मया। कन्या भृत्वा पुमान् भावी इति चोक्तोऽस्मि शम्भुना।।७।