Śrī Vināyaka said:: After burning the three cities in a moment the arrow that brought about the destruction of the Tripuras came back to the lord of Devas, bowed to him and stood by. The three cities that contained hundreds of crores of Daityas, on being burned by that arrow, shone like the three worlds burned by Rudra at the end of the kalpa. Those Daityas who had been worshipping Rudra even at that stage along with their kinsmen, attained the chieftainship of the Gaṇas, thanks to the power of the duly performed worship. Devas including Indra and Viṣṇu and the lords of Gaṇas, looked at the lord and the goddess, the daughter of the Himavat with awe and fear. They did not say anything. On seeing Devas thus frightened, the leading Deva, i.e., Rudra asked them, “What next?” But they merely bowed to him from all sides. They saluted Nandin who had the moon for his ornament. They saluted the daughter of the king of mountains. They saluted the son of the daughter of the mountain, viz., Gaṇeśa. They saluted Maheśvara. With due attention, Brahmā eulogised lord Bhava, Īśvara the enemy of Tripuras, along with Devas and Viṣṇu.