Addressing the kinsmen of the dead child, the god said,-I am Shankara the granter of boons!-With hearts laden with grief, those men laid themselves low before the great god and said to him in reply,-Bereft of this our only child, all of us are on the brink of death. Be you pleased to grant us life by granting life to this our son.
देव्या प्रणोदितो देवः कारुण्यार्दीकृतेक्षणः। ततस्तानाह मनुजान वरदोऽस्मीति शङ्करः॥ ते प्रत्यूचुरिदं वाक्यं दुःखिताः प्रणताः स्थिताः। एकपुत्रविहीनानां सर्वेषां जीवितार्थिनाम्॥ पुत्रस्य नो जीवदानाज्जीवितं दातुमर्हसि।