मैत्रेय उवाच
इति दक्षः कविर्यज्ञं भद्र रुद्राभिमर्शितम् ।
कीर्त्यमाने हृषीकेशे सन्निन्ये यज्ञभावने ॥ ४८ ॥
maitreyah-Maitreya; uvaca-said; iti-thus; daksah-Daksa; kavih-being purified in consciousness; yajnam-the sacrifice; bhadra-O Vidura; rudra-abhimarsitam-devastated by Virabhadra; kirtyamane-being glorified; hrsikese-Hrsikesa (Lord Visnu); sanninye-arranged for restarting; yajna-bhavane-the protector of sacrifice.
Sri Maitreya said: After Lord Visnu was glorified by all present, Daksa, his consciousness purified, arranged to begin again the yajna which had been devastated by the followers of Lord Siva.