You are the destroyer of the powerful Asura who had come in the form of an infuriate elephant for destroying the sacred city of Varanasi. You are the destroyer of Daityas oppressing the universe. You are Kala or Time which is th“ universal destroyer. You are the supreme ordainer of the universe. You are a raine of qualification. You are of the form of the lion and the tiger. You are he who is clad in an elephant skin.
सिंहशार्दूलरूपश्च आर्द्रचर्माबरावृतः॥