When all those high-souled ascetics went away, the wielder of trident, the exalted lord Hara, the destroyer of all sins. Assuming the form of a Kirata (hunter), blazing like a golden tree, appearing like a second huge Meru mountain.
वैशम्पायन उवाच गतेषु तेषु सर्वेषु तपस्विषु महात्मसु। पिनाकपाणिर्भगवान् सर्वपापहरो हरः॥ कैरातं वेषमास्थाय काञ्चनदुमसंनिभम्। विभ्राजमानो विपुलो गिरिर्मेरुरिवापरः॥