Having said these words to the king of the celestials, I became stricken with grief thinking that Mahadeva had not been propitiated despite my severe austerities.
एवमुक्त्वा तु देवेन्द्रं दुःखादाकुलितेन्द्रियः। न प्रसीदति मे देवः किमेतदिति चिन्तयन्॥