deity made that prince of snakes, viz., Sesha, the Aksha, of that car.  And that God of gods, the wielder of Pinaka, made the moon and the sun the two wheels of that vehicle.  And the triple-eyed Lord made Elapatra and Pushpadanta, the two pins of the yoke.  And the valiant Mahadeva made the Malaya mountains the yoke, and the great Takshaka the string for tying the yoke to the poles, and the creatures about him the traces of the steed.  And Maheswara made the four Vedas his four steeds.  And that lord of the three worlds made the supplementary Vedas the bridle-bits.  And Mahadeva made Gayatri and Savitri the reins, the syllable Om the whip, and Brahma the driver.  And making the Mandara mountains the bow, Vasuki the bowstring, Vishnu his excellent shaft, Agni the arrow-head, and Vayu the two wings of that shafts, Yama the feathers in its tail, lightning the whetting stone, and Meru the standard, Siva, riding on that excellent car which was composed of all the celestial forces, proceeded for the destruction of the triple city.  Indeed, Sthanu, that foremost of smiter, that Destroyer of Asuras, that handsome warrior of immeasurable prowess, adored by the celestials, O Partha, and by Rishis possessing wealth of asceticism, caused an excellent and unrivalled array called after his own name, and stood immovable for a thousand years.  When, however, the three cities came together in the firmament, the lord Mahadeva. pierced them with that terrible shaft of his, consisting of three knots.  The Danavas were unable to gaze at that shafts inspired with Yuga-fire and composed of Vishnu and Soma.  While the triple city commenced to burn, the goddess Parvati repaired thither to behold the sight.  She had then on her lap, a child having a bald head with five clumps of hair on it.  The goddess asked the deities as to who that child was.  Sakra, through ill-feeling endeavoured to strike that child with his thunderbolt.  The divine lord Mahadeva (for the child was none other), smiling, quickly paralysed the arm of the enraged Sakra.  Then god Sakra, with his arm paralysed accompanied by all the celestials, speedily repaired to the lord Brahma of unfading glory.  Bowing unto him with their heads, they addressed Brahma with joined hands and said, ’Some wonderful creature, O Brahma, lying on the lap of Parvati, in the form of a child, was behold by us but not saluted.  We have all been vanquished by him.  We, therefore, desire to ask thee as to who he may be.  Indeed, that boy, without fighting, hath with the greatest ease vanquished us all with Purandara at our head.’  Hearing these words of theirs, Brahma. that foremost of all persons, acquainted with Brahma, reflected for a moment and understood that boy of immeasurable energy to be none else than the divine Sambhu, Addressing then, those foremost of celestials with Sakra at their head, Brahma said, ’That child is the divine Hara the Lord of the entire mobile and immobile universe.  There is nothing superior to Maheswara.  That