As soon as he saw that giver of boons, that mighty-armed king bowed to him along with his two wives and prayed for a son. Hara (Shiva) being pleased said to that best of kings with his wives. “O king, considering the moment in which you have asked the boon.
स तं दृष्ट्वैव वरदं पत्नीभ्यां सहितो नृपः। प्रणिपत्य महाबाहुः पुत्रार्थे समयाचत॥ तं प्रीतिमान् हरः प्राह सभार्यं नृपसत्तमम्। यस्मिन् वृतो मुहूर्तेऽहं त्वयेह नृपते वरम्॥