It produced sounds on account of the bells attached to it, like unto the thunder of Indra. It resembled in shape a dreadful serpent that had just cast off its slough, soaked with the temporal juice of elephants.
पटुघण्टाशतरवां वासवीमशनीमिव। निर्मुक्ताशीविषाकारां पृक्तां गजमदैरपि॥