Prayer to Śiva - Verse 1

कथं देवो महादेवो विश्वसंहारकारकः। शरभाख्यं महाघोरं विकृतं रूपमास्थितः।।

kathaṃ devo mahādevo viśvasaṃhārakārakaḥ| śarabhākhyaṃ mahāghoraṃ vikṛtaṃ rūpamāsthitaḥ||