The Sages said:: “The Ādityas, the lions of great fury and exploits on either side (of the lord), the Vaiśvānaras, the Bhūtagaṇas (groups of goblins) and the tigers which are the followers—what will be the state of these during the dreadful Ābhūta-Samplava (annihilation of all living beings), when all living beings are destroyed? Kindly tell us this exactly after taking into account the existence of īśvara and his origin that is unmanifest.”