Hearing the words of the deities, the great god of the worlds said to them, 'So be it!' And addressing them again he said,
देवतानां वचः श्रुत्वा सर्वलोकमहेश्वरः। बाढमित्यब्रवीत् सर्वान् पुनश्चेदमुवाच ह॥