I shall, therefore, at this hour, seek the protection of the powerful Mahadeva. He will remove this dreadful rod of divine punishment uplifted before me.
सोऽहमद्य महादेवं प्रपद्ये शरणं विभुम्॥ दैवदण्डमिमं घोरं स हि मे नाशयिष्यति।