Then, having adored the divine and eternal Vishnu, the grandfather addressed that great boon-giving god, saying,-You should, O Keshava, show mercy on the present occasion. Let it be so ordained by you that the confusion that has already set in may disappear.
ततः पितामहो विष्णुं भगवन्तं सनातनम्। सम्पूज्य वरदं देवं महादेवमथाब्रवीत्॥ अत्र त्वमनुकम्पां वै कर्तुमर्हसि शंकर। संकरो न भवेदत्र यथा तद् वै विधीयताम्॥