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 suddenly dispelled. A great flame burst from Mahādeva's forehead, in which a third eye, luminous as the sun, was formed. By fire from this eye the mountain

was scorched, and everything upon it consumed. Umā hereupon stands in a submissive attitude before her husband, and in a moment, the Himālaya, her father, is restored to his former condition.