Acting according to Aniruddha's directions, these two gods Create and Destroy. Although capable of granting boons to all creatures, they are, however, in their own work, (viz., Creation and Destruction), merely instruments in the hands of Aniruddha.
तदादेशितपन्थानौ सृष्टिसंहारकारकौ॥ निमित्तमात्रं तावत्र सर्वप्राणिवरप्रदौ।