Text 4]
Frustration of the Sacrifice of Dakṣa
151
TRANSLATION
Thus Lord Śiva, being extremely angry, pressed his lips with his teeth and immediately snatched from his head a strand of hair which blazed like electricity or fire. He stood up at once, laughing like a madman, and dashed the hair to the ground.
TEXT 3
ततोऽतिकायस्तनुवा स्पृशन्दिवं 
  सहस्रबाहुर्धनरुक् त्रिस्रर्थदृक् । 
  करालदंष्ट्रो ज्वलदग्निमूर्धजः 
  कपालमाली विविधोद्यतायुधः ॥ ३ ॥
tato'tikāyas tanuvā spṛśan divam 
  sahasra-bāhur ghana-ruk tri-sūrya-dṛk 
  karāla-damṣṭro jvalad-agni-mūrdhajaḥ 
  kapāla-mālī vividhodyatāyudhaḥ
tataḥ —at this time;  atikāyaḥ —a great personality (Vīrabhadra);  tanuvā —with his body;  spṛśan —touching;  divam —the sky;  sahasra —a thousand;  bāhuḥ —arms;  ghana-ruk —of black color;  tri-sūrya-dṛk —as bright as three suns combined;  karāla-damṣṭraḥ —having very fearful teeth;  jvalat-agni —(like) burning fire;  mūrdhajaḥ —having hair on his head;  kapāla-mālī —garlanded with men's heads;  vividha —various kinds;  udyata —upraised;  āyudhaḥ —equipped with weapons.
TRANSLATION
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.
TEXT 4
तं किं करोमीति गृणन्तमाह 
  बद्धाञ्जलिं भगवान् भूतनाथः । 
  दक्षं सयज्ञं जहि मद्भटानां 
  त्वमग्रणी रुद्र भटांशको मे ॥ ४ ॥