इत्यादिष्टः स्वगुरुणा भगवान्नीललोहितः ।
सत्त्वाकृतिस्वभावेन ससर्जात्मसमाः प्रजाः ॥ १५ ॥
iti-thus; adistah-being ordered; svaguruna-by his own spiritual master; bhagavan-the most powerful; nila-lohitah-Rudra, whose color is mixed blue and red; sattva-power; akrti-bodily features; svabhavena-and with a very furious mode of nature; sasarja-created; atma-samah-like his own prototype; prajah-generations.
The most powerful Rudra, whose bodily color was blue mixed with red, created many offspring exactly resembling him in features, strength and furious nature.