As soon as Mahadeva's eyes were thus covered, all the regions became dark, and life seemed to be extinct everywhere in the universe. The Homa rites ceased. The universe became suddenly deprived of the sacred Vashat Also.
संवृताभ्यां तु नेत्राभ्यां तमोभूतमचेतनम्। निर्दोमं निर्वषट्कारं जगद् वै सहसाऽभवत्॥