Seeing him engaged in the hardest of penances and capable of begetting a son, the thousand-eyed Purandara himself inspired the king with his energy.
तमुग्रतपसं दृष्ट्वा सहस्राक्षः पुरंदरः। समर्थं पुत्रजनने स्वयमेवान्वपद्यत॥