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Nārada said.
Then all the divine sages, perfected beings, and supreme sages, upon witnessing that great distress and the immense slaughter, departed.
Those who had conquered anger, self, and senses, then approached the house of the grandsire of the world with compassion.
Then they beheld the Grandfather Brahmā seated with the gods, surrounded on all sides by Siddhas and Brahmarṣis.
There are the god Mahādeva, Agni with Vāyu, the moon and the sun, Dharma, Parameṣṭhī, and also Budha.
The Vaikhānasa, Vālakilya, forest-dwelling, Marīcipa, and Aja sages, as well as the undeluded and those whose essence is brilliance, all these are ascetics.
All these sages indeed worship the Grandfather (Brahmā).
Then all the great sages, having come together, reported in full the deeds of Sunda and Upasunda.
I reported everything exactly as it was done, by whom and in what order, completely to the grandsire.
Then all the hosts of gods and the supreme sages, having placed that very purpose before them, urged the grandsire (Brahmā).
Then the grandsire, having heard the words of all, paused for a moment as if in thought, and then decided what ought to be done.
With the intention of killing those two, he summoned Viśvakarman. Upon seeing Viśvakarman, the grandsire (Brahmā) commanded: "Let a desirable woman be created here," said the great ascetic.
After bowing to the grandsire and approving his words, he thoughtfully and diligently created a divine woman.
He gathered, by effort, whatever beings—immobile or mobile—were fit to be seen in the three worlds, from here and there.
He adorned her body with countless gems and created her, a being made of a mass of jewels, divine in form.
She, who was created with great effort by Viśvakarman, became the unrivaled beauty among women in all the three worlds.
In her body, endowed with the wealth of beauty, there is not even the slightest thing that is not proper, nor is there any part where the gaze of onlookers does not linger.
She, appearing as if the very embodiment of splendor, beautiful in form and possessing a radiant body, captivated the eyes and minds of all beings.
The grandsire (Brahmā), having gathered sesame seeds from the jewels, created her, and therefore named her 'Tilottama'.
The grandfather said.
O Tilottamā, go to the two asuras, Sundā and Upasundā, and with your desirable form, O auspicious one, create temptation for them.
For your sake, indeed, conflict may arise from seeing the one endowed with beauty; just as there is conflict between those two with each other, so act accordingly.
Nārada said.
She agreed, bowed to the grandsire, and then performed a rightwise circumambulation of the gods there.
The revered one sat facing east, with Maheshvara on the south side. The gods were seated on the north, and ascetics and sages were present on all sides.
But as she performed the circle and its circumambulation there, Indra and Sthāṇu (Śiva), the revered ones, stood steadfast with courage.
Then, as she had gone to the side, the one who desired to see, her right face, with eyelashes bent, emerged excessively.
As she turned, her western face appeared from the back; and as she moved forward, her northern face appeared from the northern side.
Even for Mahendra, there were a thousand large, bloodshot eyes on all sides—at the sides, at the back, and at the front.
Thus, formerly, the four-faced firm one, the great god, came into being. Likewise, the thousand-eyed destroyer of Bala also came into being.
In this way, wherever Tilottama goes, the mouths of all the gods and sages turn towards her.
Their gaze, the gaze of the great-souled, fell upon her body; for all, except the god, the grandfather (Brahmā), it was mostly so.
But as she was departing, then all the gods and the supreme sages considered that act as accomplished indeed by her wealth of beauty.
But when Tilottamā had departed, the creator of the worlds dismissed all the gods and the groups of sages.
