Vyasa said O son of Pritha, you have seen Sankara, that first of all the creators of the world, that lord of all energies, primary male being, he that is the embodiment of heaven, earth and sky, the divine Lord, the saviour of the universe, the paramount master, the bestower of boons, also called Ishana. O, do you seek the refuge of that boon-giving deity, that lord of the universe.
व्यास उवाच प्रजापतीनां प्रथमं तैजसं पुरुषं प्रभुम्। भुवनं भूर्भुवं देवं सर्वलोकेश्वरं प्रभुम्॥ ईशानं वरदं पार्थ दृष्टवानसि शङ्करम्! तं गच्छ शरणं देव वरदं भुवनेश्वरम्॥