Sūta said: It was due to the grace of Śiva the lord of Devas of immense splendour that Viṣṇu assumed the physical body. Along with Rāma he handed over the lord the bestower of boons, the great Īśvara, the preceptor of the universe, who had incarnated for dispelling the burden of the earth, saying “Hereby the Yādavas will attain all auspicious results. This child of Devakī will remove all our distresses.”