It behoves the Lokapalas, the most excellent of the gods, therefore, to assume their respective forms, that I may ascertain that virtuous prince (Nala).
स्वं चैव रूपं कुर्वन्तु लोकपाला महेश्वराः। यथाहमभिजानीयां पुण्यश्लोकं नराधिपम्॥