Nandīśvara said: I was afraid of death. Ere long I bowed down to my father and grandfather who were lying down as though they were dead. I circumambulated them. I was then engaged in the repetition of Rudra mantra. I meditated on the three-eyed lord in the lotus cavity of my heart, the quiescent lord Sadāśiva with ten arms and five faces. Even as I was standing in the middle of the holy river the delighted lord Mahādeva accompanied by Umā, and adorned by the crescent moon appeared and said—O dear Nandin of great arms, whence is fear from death for you?