O holy one, O god of all gods O you adored by all the deities and Asuras, O you who didst cover the three worlds with three steps of thine, I bow unto thee, O wielder of the conch, the discus, and the mace.
भीष्म उवाच भगवन् देवदेवेश सुरासुरनमस्कृत। त्रिविक्रम नमस्तुभ्यं शङ्खचक्रगदाधर॥