Being thus addressed by Śakra the lord Narayana; said, "Do not fear, hear what I say. He is invincible by virtue of the boon, and that vicious-souled one is incapable of being vanquished even by the celestials and Asuras.
एवमुक्तः स शक्रेण देवो नारायणः प्रभुः। अब्रवीन्न परित्रासः कर्तव्यः श्रूयतां च मे॥ न तावदेष दुष्टात्मा शक्यो जेतुं सुरासुरैः। हन्तुं चापि समासाद्य वरदानेन दुर्जयः॥