That weapon, discharged by Mahadeva's arms, can, forsooth, consume in half the time taken up by a twinkling of the eye the entire universe with all its mobile and immobile creatures.
निर्दहेत च यत् कृत्स्नं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्। महेश्वरभुजोत्सृष्टं निमेषार्धान्न संशयः॥