Markandeya said : Having said this, Maheshvara Maheshvara (Shiva) embraced him and then permitted him to go. When Skanda was thus allowed to go, great disasters occurred.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच इत्युक्त्वा विससर्जेनं परिष्वज्य महेश्वरः। विसर्जिते ततः स्कन्दे बभूवौत्पातिकं महत्॥