Sanjaya Said “Having reflected thus, the son of Drona, O king, got down from his car and stood, bending his head to that supreme god, and said,-. I seek the protection of fierce, Sthanu, Shiva, Rudra, Sarva, Ishana, Ishvara, Girisha, of that boon-giving god who is the Creator and lord of the universe; of the blue-throated deity, who is without birth, who is called Shakra, who destroyed the sacrifice of Daksha, and who is called Hara; of Him whose form is the universe, who has three eyes, who has many forms, and who is the lord of Uma; of Him who lives in crematoriums, who is energetic, who is the master of ghosts and who is endued with undecaying prosperity and power; of Him who holds a club having a skull on the top, who is called Rudra, who bears matted locks on his head, and who is a Brahmacharin.
संजय उवाच एवं संचिन्तयित्वा तु द्रोणपुत्रो विशाम्पते। अवतीर्य रथोपस्थाद् देवेशं प्रणतः स्थितः॥ उग्रं स्थाणुं शिवं रुद्रं शर्वमीशानमीश्वरम्। गिरिशं वरदं देवं भवभावनमीश्वरम्॥ शितिकण्ठमजं शुक्रं दक्षक्रतुहरं हरम्। विश्वरूपं विरूपाक्षं बहुरूपमुमापतिम्॥ श्मशानवासिनं दृप्तं महागणपतिं विभुम्। खट्वाङ्गधारिणं रुद्रं जटिलं ब्रह्मचारिणम्॥