Having said these words to his wife Uma, who was dearer to him than his own life, the powerful Mahadeva created from his mouth a dreadful Being whose very sight could make one's hair stand erect.
इत्युक्त्वा भगवान् पत्नीमुमां प्राणैरपि प्रियाम्। सोऽसृजद् भगवान् वक्त्राद् भूतं घोरं प्रहर्षणम्॥