Thus did the blessed Hari assume in days of yore that grand form having the horse-head. This, of all his forms, endued with power, is celebrated as the most ancient.
एवमेव महाभागो बभूवाश्वशिरा हरिः। पौराणमेतत् प्रख्यातं रूपं वरदमैश्वरम्॥