 स तु तद्रूपमास्थाय महदद्भुतदर्शनम्।मणिप्रवरशृङ्गाग्रस्सितासितमुखाकृतिः।। 
 Maricha assumed the form of a wonderful and magnificent deer with his antlers studded with the most precious gems, his face dappled with luminous spots of white and  black. 