Being engaged in great austerities and in Yoga and in contemplation, he saw the illustrious three-eyed deity, the chastiser of Tripura, Shankara, Bhava, Ishana, Pinaki, Shulapani, Traymbaka, Shiva, Ugresha of many forms, the husband of Uma.
स तप्यमानः सुमहत् तपो योगसमन्वितः। आससाद महात्मानं त्र्यक्षं त्रिपुरमर्दनम्॥ शंकरं भवमीशानं शूलपाणिं पिनाकिनम्। त्र्यम्बकं शिवमुग्रेशं बहुरूपमुमापतिम्॥