Hearing the words of Virabhadra, Daksha, that foremost of all pious men, bewed down unto Maheshvara and sought to please him by uttering the following hymn.
वीरभद्रवचः श्रुत्वा दक्षो धर्मभृतां वरः। तोषयामास स्तोत्रेण प्रणिपत्य महेश्वरम्॥