Having mutually caused such marks on each other's body, the two Rishis Nara and Narayana thus made friends with Rudra and sending away the gods, once more began to practise penances with a tranquil souls. I have thus told you, O son of Pritha, how in that battle which occurred in days of yore between Rudra and Narayana, the latter got the victory.
श्रीभगवानुवाच एवं लक्षणमुत्पाद्य परस्परकृतं तदा। सख्यं चैवातुलं कृत्वा रुद्रेण सहितावृषी॥ तपस्तेपतुरव्यग्रौ विसृज्य त्रिदिवौकसः। एष ते कथितः पार्थ नारायणजयो मृधे॥