Those dreadful spirits, endued with terrible energy and prowess and resembling Rudra himself, rushed with the force of thunder to that place where Daksha was making preparations for his sacrifice, moved by the desire of destroying it. Having hundreds and thousands in number.
रुद्रतुल्या गणा रौद्रा रुद्रवीर्यपराक्रमाः॥ ते निपेतुस्ततस्तूर्णं दक्षयज्ञविहिंसया। भीमरूपा महाकायाः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः॥