The earth tremble I and sent up a rumbling sound. Darkness covered the whole world. Seeing this fearful catastrophy, Shankara (Shiva) with the greatly blessed Uma and with the celestials and the great Rishis became greatly aggrieved. When such confusion overtook them, they saw before them a fearful and mighty army with various weapons; it looked like a mass of clouds and rocks. Those terrible and countless beings, speaking various languages, came where stood Shankara and the celestials. They hurled on the celestials showers of arrows from all directions,
चचाल व्यनदच्चोर्वी तमोभूतं जगद् बभौ। ततस्तद् दारुणं दृष्ट्वा क्षुभितः शङ्करस्तदा॥ उमा चैव महाभागा देवाश्च समहर्षयः। ततस्तेषु प्रमूढेषु पर्वताम्बुदसंनिभम्॥ नानाप्रहरणं घोरमदृश्यत् महद् बलम्। तद् वै घोरमसंख्येयं गर्जच्च विविधा गिरः॥ अभ्यद्रवद् रणे देवान् भगवन्तं च शङ्करम्। तैर्विसृष्टान्यनीकेषु बाणजालान्यनेकशः॥