If Rudra be pleased with a person he can confer upon him the dignity of either Brahma or of Keshava or of Shakra with all the gods under him, or the sovereignty of the three worlds.
सदृशोऽरण्यवासीनां मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम्। ब्रह्मत्वं केशवत्वं वा शक्रत्वं वा सुरैः सह॥