Upamanyu said You, O Eternal One, are that End of those who seek Liberation from rebirth, who give up all enjoyments, and who desire the annihilation of the elements. You are that high End, O illustrious one, which cannot be described, which is pure, which is the immutable one, and which is theirs who are given to knowledge and science. These are the five Ends described in the Vedas and the scriptures and the Puranas. It is through your favour that persons acquire those ends, or if they fail to attain to them it is through your favour being denied to them. It was thus that Tandi, who was a heap of penances, lauded Ishana. And he sang also that high Brahma which in days of yore was sung by the Creator himself. Thus lauded by that utterer of Brahma, viz., Tandi, Mahadeva, that illustrious and powerful god who was accompanied by his wife Uma, said these words.
उपमन्युरुवाच अपुनर्भवकामानां वैराग्ये वर्ततां च या। प्रकृतीनां लयानां च सा गतिस्त्वं सनातन॥ ज्ञानविज्ञानयुक्तानां निरुपाख्या निरञ्जना। कैवल्या या गतिर्देव परमा सा गतिर्भवान्॥ वेदशास्त्रपुराणोक्ताः पञ्चैता गतयः स्मृताः। त्वत्प्रसादिद्धि लभ्यन्ते न लभ्यन्तेऽन्यथा विभो॥ इति तण्डिस्तपोराशिस्तुष्टावेशानमात्मना। जगौ च परमं ब्रह्म यत् पुरा लोककृज्जगौ॥ एवं स्तुतो महादेवस्तण्डिना ब्रह्मवादिना। उवाच भगवान् देव उमया सहितः प्रभुः॥