liṃgasvarūpamadhyastho bhagavānbhūtabhāvanaḥ | sarvaiḥ suragaṇaiḥ sākaṃ babhāṣedaṃ ramāpatiḥ || 66 || 
66. Lord Ramāpati (Viṣṇu), the sanctifier of the living beings, stood in the middle of the form of Liṅga along with ail the groups of Suras and spoke thus: 