Bowing him I said these words I the powerful Mahadeva has been pleased with me, then let devotion to him be unchanged, O Ishana! This is the boon that I solicit. The great god said mc Be it so! and disappeared there and then.
ततः प्रणम्य शिरसा इदं वचनमब्रुवम्। यदि प्रीतो महादेवो भक्त्या परमया प्रभुः॥ नित्यकालं तवेशान भक्तिर्भवतु मे स्थिरा। एवमस्त्विति भगवांस्तत्रोक्त्वान्तरधीयत॥