Having killed the Danavas and reestablished virtue on Earth, the auspicious Rudra cast off his dreadful form and put on his beneficient shape.
स रुद्रो दानवान् हत्वा कृत्वा धर्मोत्तरं जगत्॥ रौद्र रूपमथोत्क्षिप्य चक्रे रूपं शिवं शिवः।