Sharva said O Gods, it is well-known to all of you, how this Asura, surcharged with strength, dreadful and incapable of being held in check by persons devoid of ascetic merit, came into being, created by the energy of Tvashtri.
शर्व उवाच विदितं वो यथा देवाः कृत्येयं सुमहाबला। त्वष्टस्तेजोभवा घोरा दुर्निवार्याकृतात्मभिः॥