In days of yore, Shakra also, in Varanasi, filled with devotion, O Janarddana, worshipped Mahadeva who has space, alone for his dress and who is smeared with ashes as an agreeable unguent.
शक्रेण तु पुरा देवो वाराणस्यां जनार्दन। आराधितोऽभूद् भक्तेन दिग्वासा भस्मगुण्ठितः॥१०५