The great Indra had at one time been marked all over with a thousand sexmarks. It was through the power of the Brahmanas that those marks were metamorphosed into as many eyes.
तेषामेव प्रभावेण सहस्रनयनो ह्यसौ। शतक्रतुः समभवत् पश्य माधव यादृशम्॥