Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva, spreading great fame, seeing that the three worlds, like fuel, were burning because of the fire emanating from the sage’s head by the fire of prāṇāyāma, went to his hermitage along with Gandharvas, Siddhas Vidyādharas and the Nāgas. The three deities saw the three worlds, fuel for his prāṇāyāma, burn up by the fire of penance coming from the sage’s head. It is understood that he stood there doing prāṇāyāma. This is related the description in verse 19: controlling the mind by prāṇāyāma, he stood there. This is a simultaneous action as when saying “Jingling, the anklet fell off,” or “While closing his eyes, he laughed.”