The powerful Grandfather, desirous of creating living animals saw Rudra; and the Grandfather asked him, saying,-Create living creatures immediately.—Thus addressed the twany haired Rudra said,-So be it!-and plunged himself into the water and practised austerities for a long time, because he was sensible of the defects of living creatures.
एवं सिसृक्षुर्भूतानि ददर्श प्रथमं विभुः। पितामहोऽब्रवीच्चैनं भूतानि सृज मा चिरम्॥ हरिकेशस्तथेत्युक्त्वा भूतानां दोषदर्शिवान्। दीर्घकालं तपस्तेपे मग्नोऽम्भसि महातपाः॥