Vaishampayana said : The greatly effulgent Vrishabdhvaja (Shiva), taking hold of the handsome hands of Arjuna, smilingly said to him, “I have pardoned you."
वैशम्पायन उवाचत तमुवाच महातेजाः प्रहस्यवृषभध्वजः। प्रगृह्य रुचिरं बाहुं क्षान्तमित्येव फाल्गुनम्॥