Mahadeva became highly gratified with him for his devotional performances and coolness of mind and Shankara, becoming conscious of the object in his mind showed himself to him.
तस्य तुष्टो महादेवो भक्त्या च प्रशमेन च। हृद्गतं चास्य विज्ञाय दर्शयामास शङ्करः॥