Nandīśvara said: After saying this to me the lord accompanied by his attendants, took off his lotus garland. The bull-emblemed lord of great splendour tied it on me. With that splendid garland clinging to my neck I became as though a second Śaṅkara with three eyes and ten arms. Then Parameśvara took me by the hand and said—“Tell me. What excellent boon shall I give you now?”