Maheshvara said O goddess without any fault, for your having covered my eyes through an act of indiscretion, the universe became in a moment devoid of light.
महेश्वर उवाच नेत्रे मे संवृते देवि त्वया बाल्यादनिन्दिते। नष्टलोकस्तदा लोकः क्षणेन समपद्यत॥