He is the supreme yogi, ever to be sought for union, the great origin and source, endowed with immense virility and strength. His seed is golden and pure, all-knowing, and he is the bearer and bestower of the very essence of creation. He stands adorned with ten arms, his eyes never blinking, his throat darkened with blue, the beloved husband of Uma. His form encompasses the universe, supreme in his own right—a mighty hero, the embodiment of strength, and the leader of celestial hosts. As the creator and lord of all hosts, he is clothed in the directions themselves. He is desire in its purest form, the knower and the supreme mantra, the maker of all beings, and the remover of obstacles. He carries a water-pot, wields a bow, holds arrows, and bears a skull in his hand. His arsenal includes the thunderbolt, a hundred-bladed weapon, a sword, a spear—he is great among those who bear weapons. With a sacrificial ladle in hand, his form is beautiful, radiant, and bestows radiance upon others. He is a treasure, wearing a turban and a handsome face, both exalted and humble. He is tall, with tawny hair, the very embodiment of pilgrimage, yet dark as night. He assumes the form of a jackal, is accomplished and shaven-headed, and brings all auspiciousness. Unborn, he manifests in many forms, bearing fragrance and matted hair. His energy and emblem point upward, and he lies upward—he is the very expanse of the sky. Three-knotted, clothed in bark garments, Rudra, commander of hosts, pervades all. He moves by day and by night, fierce in anger, yet radiant in splendor. He is the slayer of elephants and demons, the very force of Time, the supporter of worlds, and the repository of all qualities. He takes the forms of lion and tiger, and is clothed in moist hides. He is the master of time, the great sound, the fulfiller of all desires, the fourfold path. He moves at night, among the departed and spirits, as the great Lord. He is the one who becomes many, who bears countless forms, who is the eclipse-causing Svarbhanu, immeasurable and movement itself. He delights in dance, is the eternal dancer, the performer, and the enjoyer of all pleasures. Fierce and austere, he is the noose, eternal, mountain-dwelling, and the sky itself. With a thousand hands, he is victorious, resolute, and ever untiring. He is unassailable, the essence of boldness, the destroyer of sacrifices and desire. He who took away Daksha’s sacrifice is patient, easily endured, and the mediator. He is the taker of brilliance, the destroyer of strength, joyful, the very meaning itself, unconquered, and also the lowest. His voice is deep and profound, and his vehicle is of immense strength. He takes the form of the banyan tree, is the banyan tree itself, abides in the ears of trees, and pervades all. He has sharp teeth, a great body, and a vast mouth. He is Viṣvaksena, Hari, and the sacrifice; his vehicle is victorious in battle. He is of intense heat, with tawny horses, a companion, and knows the proper time for action. He is pleased by Viṣṇu, is the sacrifice, the ocean, and the mouth of the submarine fire. Accompanied by the fire-god, tranquil in self, he is himself the fire-god. He is of fierce and great radiance, the cause of birth, knower of the time of victory. He is the abode of light, accomplishment itself, and indeed all forms. Crested, shaven-headed, matted-haired, blazing, born in many forms, crowned and mighty—he plays the flute, the drum, the cymbals; he is fierce and dreadful, with dark fangs. He is the embodiment of stars, intelligence, discernment, dissolution, and the unapproachable. Lord of creatures, all-armed, division itself, all-pervading and faceless. He is the liberator, the good path, born with golden armor, born from the phallus, moving with strength upon the earth, and also flowing. He is the sound of all musical instruments, the possessor of all musical accompaniments; serpent-formed, dweller in caves, mysterious, garlanded, and knower of waves. He upholds the three worlds and all times, releases all from the bonds of karma, binds the lords of asuras, and destroys enemies in battle. He is the serenity of Sāṅkhya, difficult to dwell with, honored by the virtuous, the overcomer, knower of distinctions, incomparable, and the knower of the shares of sacrifice. Dwelling and moving everywhere, difficult to dwell with, lord of all dwellings, immortal and golden, the maker of gold, beyond sacrifice, supporter of all, and the best among those who bear. His eyes are red and great, victorious, skillful, the gatherer, the restrainer, the doer, and he wears a serpent-skin garment. He is the foremost and the non-foremost, the embodiment of all forms, the bestower of all desires, the granter of favor at all times, supremely strong, and the bearer of the form of strength. He is the giver of all boons, the universal giver, whose faces are everywhere, formless as space, of various appearances, the one who descends, unrestrained, and moves through the sky. His form is fierce, radiant like the sun with many rays, full of splendor, swift as the wind and the mind, and he moves in the night. He dwells in all, abides in prosperity, the giver of instruction, actionless, a sage, self-illuminated, the destroyer of ignorance, and bestower of thousands of gifts. He is the bird, has the form of a bird, exceedingly radiant, lord of the worlds; he is madness, the god of love, desire, the holy fig tree, the giver of meaning, and fame. He is Vāmadeva, gentle, the east, the south, and the dwarf; the accomplished yogi, the great sage, fulfilled in his aims, and the accomplisher of perfection. He is the mendicant, takes the form of a mendicant, the merchant, gentle, imperishable; Mahāsena, Viśākha, the sixth part, and the lord of cows. He holds the thunderbolt, is the supporter, restrains armies; the doer of right and wrong, the palm tree, sweet, and with honey-like eyes. Master of speech, possessor of strength, ever worshipped in hermitages and by those who seek refuge, celibate, moving among the worlds, moving everywhere, and knower of all inquiry. He is the lord of the northeast, supreme ruler, time itself, wanderer of the night, bearer of the Pinaka bow, abiding in causes, himself the cause, Nandi, bestower of joy, remover of affliction, lion, destroyer, time, creator, and grandsire. He is lord of Nandi, Nandi himself, source and increaser of joy, remover of fortune, destroyer, time, Brahma, and grandsire. He is the four-faced one, the great emblem, the beautiful emblem, the overseer of the emblem, chief of the gods, chief of yogis, and the bringer of the ages. He is the overseer and creator of seeds, the one who follows the inner self, strength itself; history, resolve, Gautama, and the maker of night. He is hypocrisy, yet free from hypocrisy, the semblance of hypocrisy; subject to control, the controller, the age of strife; creator of worlds, lord of beings, the great creator, and without remedy. Thus, in all these forms and powers, he is the One—boundless, mysterious, and ever-present, the Lord who pervades and transcends all that is.