"The unassailable, hard to see, of fierce wrath, the great soul, all-taking [destroyer], the wise; taking up the divine bow and two quivers, golden-armored, of endless valor; bearing the Pinaka [bow], the vajra, a blazing trident, an axe, a mace, a long sword; fair-browed, crowned with a mass of matted locks and the moon, clad in a tiger skin, [wielding] a club, staff in hand; with beautiful armlets, a serpent as sacred thread, adorned by all the ganas, the hosts of spirits; become one, the repository of austerities, praised by those who have transcended age, whose speech is gracious."