Sūta said:— On hearing these wonderful words of Nandīśvara, the excellent sage Sanatkumāra spoke with palms joined in reverence and shoulders drooping down.
Sanatkumāra said:— O Nandīśvara, O intelligent one, you are blessed in that you have assumed the form of Rudra himself. O dear, you are my excellent preceptor. This wonderful story has been narrated by you.
क्षुवेण सह संग्रामे श्रुतो विष्णुपुरा जयः ।। ब्रह्मणा मे पुरा तात तच्छापश्च शिलादज ।। ८।।
O son of Śilāda, from my father Brahmā, the account of the battle with Kṣuva and the defeat of Viṣṇu has already been heard by me. So also the curse has been heard by me.