tām - Her; anvagacchat - followed; bhagavān - Lord Śiva; bhavaḥ - known as Bhava; pramuṣita-indriyaḥ - whose senses were agitated; kāmasya - of lusty desires; ca - and; vaśam - victimized; nītaḥ - having become; kareṇum - a female elephant; iva - just as; yūthapaḥ - a male elephant.

His senses being agitated, Lord Śiva, victimized by lusty desires, began to follow Her, just as a lusty elephant follows a she-elephant.