ततोऽतिकायस्तनुवा स्पृशन्दिवं सहस्रबाहुर्घनरुक् त्रिसूर्यदृक् । करालदंष्ट्रो ज्वलदग्निमूर्धज: कपालमाली विविधोद्यतायुध: ॥ ३ ॥
tato ’tikayas tanuva sprsan divam sahasra-bahur ghana-ruk tri-surya-drk karala-damstro jvalad-agni-murdhajah kapala-mali vividhodyatayudhah
- tatah
- at this time
- atikayah
- a great personality (Virabhadra)
- tanuva
- with his body
- sprsan
- touching
- divam
- the sky
- sahasra
- a thousand
- bahuh
- arms
- ghana-ruk
- of black color
- tri-surya-drk
- as bright as three suns combined
- karala-damstrah
- having very fearful teeth
- jvalat-agni
- (like) burning fire
- murdhajah
- having hair on his head
- kapala-mali
- garlanded with men’s heads
- vividha
- various kinds
- udyata
- upraised
- ayudhah
- equipped with weapons
A fearful black demon as high as the sky and as bright as three suns combined was thereby created, his teeth very fearful and the hairs on his head like burning fire. He had thousands of arms, equipped with various weapons, and he was garlanded with the heads of men.