Thereafter, this God does not create auspicious progeny. He remains with his mind withdrawn from activi¬ ties of procreation, and stays with his own sons. 40-42a. Hence the attribute of Sthdnu (immoveable like a branchless tree) was applied to the trident-bearing god who is the god of Devas. The following ten undiminishing attributes always abide in Sankara;— Jndna (perfect knowledge), Vairdgya (detachment), Aisvarya (divine faculties of omnipotence, omnipresence etc.), Tapas (penance), Satyam (truth), Ksamd [{orheaxance), Dhrti (courage), Z)ra,f/.rtoa (state of being the seer), Atma-sambodha (Soul-enlightenment) and Adhifthdtrtva (presiding-ness). 42b-44. Thus is Sankara, the Pinaka-bearingRaram^iyara. Thereafter, on seeing the three-eyed lord along with the Rudras, 80 Kurma Pur ana his mental creations, lord Brahma was highly delighted. Due to pleasure, his eyes became enlarged. After knowing his lordly nature by means of his vision of knowledge, he eulogised the lord of the worlds with the hands reverentially placed on the head. Brahma said : Obeisance be to you, O great god, salute to you, O Supreme Lord.