Consuming one Akshauhini of Rakshasa troops with his shafts, he shone like the divine Maheshvara in heaven when the latter had burnt down (the chief of) Tripura in days of yore.
स दग्ध्वाक्षौहिणी बाणैर्नैर्ऋतीं रुरुचे नृप। पुरेव त्रिपुरं दग्ध्वा दिवि देवो महेश्वरः॥