ततोऽग्निमारुतौ राजन्नमुञ्चन्मुखतो रुषा । महीं निर्वीरुधं कर्तुं संवर्तक इवात्यये ॥ ४५ ॥
tato ’gni-marutau rajann amuncan mukhato rusa mahim nirvirudham kartum samvartaka ivatyaye
- tatah
- thereafter
- agni
- fire
- marutau
- and air
- rajan
- O King
- amuncan
- they emitted
- mukhatah
- from their mouths
- rusa
- out of anger
- mahim
- the earth
- nirvirudham
- treeless
- kartum
- to make
- samvartakah
- the fire of devastation
- iva
- like
- atyaye
- at the time of devastation.
My dear King, at the time of devastation, Lord Siva emits fire and air from his mouth out of anger. To make the surface of the earth completely treeless, the Pracetas also emitted fire and air from their mouths.