And the great god was accompanied by Parvati of perfect features. Indeed, I saw the bluc-throated and great Sthanu unattached to everything, that receptacle of all sorts of energy or force, having eighteen arms, and bedecked with all sorts of ornainents.
नीलकण्ठं महात्मानमसक्तं तेजसां निधिम्। अष्टादशभुजं स्थाणुं सर्वाभरणभूषितम्॥