His praises having thus been hymned, the great god, Mahadeva, suspending the two vital airs-Prana and Apana—by shutting his mouth properly, and casting his eyes graciously on all sides, appeared there. Having many eyes, that conqueror of all enemies, that Lord of even the gods of all gods, suddenly arose from within the pit in which was kept the sacrificial fire.
प्राणापानौ संनिरुध्य वक्त्रस्थानेन यत्नतः। विचार्य सर्वतो दृष्टिं बहुदृष्टिरमित्रजित्॥ सहसा देवदेवेशो ह्यग्निकुण्डात् समुत्थितः।