Then the ruler of the Pragjyotishas cut off that Shakti falling with great veheinence and furnished with a golden staff, into three splinters and the Shakti fell shattered on the ground.
तामापतन्ती सहसा हेमदण्डां सुवेगिनीम्। त्रिधा चिच्छेद नृपतिः सा व्यकीर्यत मेदिनीम्॥