Thereupon all the celestials, afflicted as they were, sought the refuge of Rudra. The gods then, with Vasava at their head, said these words to that high-souled one.
अथ सर्वे पुरा शरणमर्दिताः॥ ते तमूचुर्महात्मानं सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः।