Thereupon he prostrated himself at his feet and Vava (Shiva) became gratified. Seeing his astonishment and his body emaciated with ascetic austerities, the deity thus spoke to his in the voice as that of the roaring clouds.
पपात पादयोस्तस्य ततः प्रीतोऽभवद् भवः। उवाच चैनं वचसा मेघगम्भीरगीहरः। जातविस्मयमालोक्य तपःक्षीणाङ्गसंहतिम्॥