Such being the fact, who is there O Mahadeva, that can recite the qualities of Mahadeva in full? I shall, however-through the favour of that illustrious supreme and perfectly wise Deity, extended to me for my devotion to him,-recite his attributes in an abstract of few words and letters.
कस्तस्य शक्नुयाद् वक्तुं गुणान् कात्स्र्येन माधवा किं तु देवस्य महत: संक्षिप्तार्थपदाक्षरम्॥