सूत उवाच ।। एवं कृते तु ऋषिणा सस्त्रीकेन द्विजाश्शिवः ।। आविर्बभूव स शिवः प्रसन्नस्सगणस्तदा ।। १।।
Sūta said:— O brahmins, when all this was performed thus by the sage along with his wife, the delighted Śiva accompanied by his Gaṇas appeared before him.