Vaishampayana said : Seeing that firm wielder of bow Falguni (Arjuna) about to kill him, (the Danava), Shankara (Shiva) in the disguise of the Kirata suddenly asked him to stop.
दृष्ट्वा तं प्रहरिष्यन्तं फाल्गुनं दृढधन्विनम्। किरातरूपी सहसा वारयामास शङ्करः॥