Then that god, having replied to them, saying-So be it, ascended to heaven. Thereupon they (the three Asuras), being highly gratified for having obtained the boons and also having settled everything amongst themselves, called Maya, who was a mighty Asura and who was the celestial architect and who was also without decay or death and highly respected by the whole lot of the Daityas and the Danavas with a view to have those three cities constructed.
एवमस्त्विति तान् देवः प्रत्युक्त्वा प्राविशद् दिवम्। तु लब्धवराः प्रीताः सम्प्रधार्य परस्परम्॥ पुरत्रयबिसृष्टयर्थ मयं वदुर्महासुरम्। विश्वकर्माणमजरं दैत्यदानवपूजितम्॥