The god Siva, riding on that wonderful car composed of all the excellent celestial forces proceeded for the destruction of the tripple city. Indeed Sthanu, that foremost of Smiters, that destroyer of Asuras, that most beautifullooking warrior of infinite energy, adored by the gods and Rishis, possessed of the wealth of asceticism, O Partha.
आरुह्य स रथं दिव्यं सर्वदेवमयं शिवः॥ त्रिपुरस्य वधार्थाय स्थाणुः प्रहरतां वरः। असुराणामन्तकरः श्रीमानतुलविक्रमः॥ स्तूयमानः सुरैः पार्थ ऋषिभिश्च तपोधनैः।