Hearing these words of Shakra I was not gladdened. O Krishna, I answered the king of the gods in these words, I do not wish any boon from you, or from any other god. O amiable deity, I tell you truly that it is Mahadeva only from whom I may ask for boons.
शक्रस्य तु वचः श्रुत्वा नाहं प्रीतमनाऽभवम्। अब्रुवंश्च तदा हृष्टो देवराजमिदं वचः॥ नाहं त्वत्तो वरं काक्षे नान्यस्मादपि दैवतात्। महादेवादृते सौम्य सत्यमेतद् ब्रवीमि ते॥