Of great might, energy, courage and prowess, he passed by the of Virabhadra—that dispeller of the goddess's anger. He then created from the pores of his body a large number of spirits known by the name of Raumyas.
अनन्तबलवीर्यश्च अनन्तबलपौरुषः। वीरभद्र इति ख्यातो देव्या मन्युप्रमार्जकः॥ सोऽसृजद् रोमकूपेभ्यो रौम्यान् नाम गणेश्वरान्।