The denizens of the three cities, having obtained boons from Brahma and proud in consequence of those boons, are excessively oppressing the worlds.
ब्रह्मदत्तवरा ह्येते घोरास्त्रिपुरवासिनः॥ पीडयन्त्यधिकं लोकं यस्मात् ते वरदर्पिताः।