Sūta said: On hearing these words, the goddess went to Vārāṇasī. She bathed the Liṅga Avimukteśvara with milk and ghee. She worshipped Rudra the lord of Devas, the leader of the worlds. On the Mandara mountain (?) in Avimukta she propitiated the great Atman by means of penance. She built a shrine on the Mandara that has beautiful caves. It was here that the lord blessed the great daitya Andhaka, the son of Hiraṇyākṣa. Sportively he blessed him with the offer of Gaṇa-hood.