स तं दृष्ट्वा महात्मानं कुमारं ध्यानमाश्रितः।। वामदेवं शिवं ज्ञात्वा प्रणनाम कृतांजलिः ।। १४ ।।
On seeing that noble-souled son, he resorting to meditation knew him as the Vāmadeva incarnation of Śiva and so bowed to him with palms joined in reverence.