To the deities that said so, the holy Mahadeva having the bull for his sign, O twiceborn Rishi, answered, saying, So be it!
इति तेषां कथयतां भगवान् वृषभध्वजः। एवमस्त्विति देवांस्तान् विप्रर्षे प्रत्यभाषत॥