Three gods, one shore
The demons Madhu and Kaiṭabha lay slain, and the three gods — Brahmā the creator, Viṣṇu the preserver, Śiva the dissolver — stood catching their breath on the shore of the cosmic ocean, each quietly satisfied with the part he had played. It is a natural thing, after any victory, to feel for a moment that one's own part in it was the largest.
✦ Visual cue — Three luminous gods standing together on a shore beside a vast cosmic ocean, two slain demon-forms dissolving into the waves behind them, each god's posture showing quiet, private satisfaction.