Matsya Purana 179.53

179.53

praṇipatya tu deveśaṃ tadā tuṣṭāva śaṅkaraḥ.
śaṅkara uvāca.
namaste'tu jagannātha! narasiṃha vapurdhara! .. 179.53 ..

Narasiṅha appeared before Śiva in the same form as was thought of by Him He was adorned with a pair of garments The whole universe was overpowered with His lustre The waving of the hairs on His body looked like so many rays of fire moving in wind The Lord saluting Him said—"Lord of the universe! Devadeva in the form of Narasiṅha, my salutations to Thee Looking handsome with Thy claws dyed in the gore of the demons shining like gold, Padmanâbha (from whose navel sprouted the lotus) the superior of the universe, my salutations to Thee Thundering like the clouds at the time of the dissolution of the universe, illustrious like the thousands of suns charged with the fury of a thousand Yamas, powerful like the thousands of Indras, prosperous like thousand Kuveras, the soul of a thousand Varuṇa and Kāla calm like a thousand earths, lustresome like thousand Moons, glorified like a thousand Rudras, valiant like a thousand heavenly bodies, having a thousand arms and eyes, the destroyer of many weapons, the liberator of thousands, such you are Deva! the Divine Mothers that I had created for the destruction of Andhaka are now ready to devour the whole universe with utter disgard of My orders I have created them, but I cannot destroy them now Myself How can I, being their Creator become their Destroyer—"—52 61