Of blazing edge and highly terrible, that axe was hanging on the shoulder, adorned with a snake, of Mahadeva. Indeed, it appeared on Mahadeva's body like the flame of a burning fire.
दीप्तधारः सुरौद्रास्यः सर्पकण्ठाग्रधिष्ठितः। अभवच्छूलिनोऽभ्याशे दीप्तवह्निशतोपमः॥