Sūta said: May the auspicious elephant-faced deity surrounded by hundreds and crores of Gaṇas and engrossed in the meditation on Śiva dispel my sin. He splits and pierces the ridges and peaks of the Meru, Mandara and Kailāsa; he is worshipped by Airāvata and other divine elephants of the quarters. The seven Pātālas[9] constitute his feet; the seven continents[10] his thighs and calves; the seven oceans[11] his goads; all the holy centres his belly; the firmament his body; the quarters his arms, the moon, sun and fire his eyes; the asuras like the trees are killed by him; he is great and fierce with the Vidyā of the Brahman; He is bound to the pillar of lotus-like hearts of men by Brahmā and others who act as divine mahouts and who are equipped with the ropes of yoga.