That god had really become much more powerful than all others in strength. Thereupon Shankara came to be celebrated under the title of Mahadeva from that time forward.
स तु देवो बलेनासीत् सर्वेभ्या बलवत्तरः। महादेव इति ख्यातस्ततः प्रभृति शङ्करः॥