It was on that occasion also that the celestials, in a body, made Mahadeva the lord of animals. Indeed, the great Rudra became the Master of kine and is named as the bullemblemed deity.
ततो देवैर्महादेवस्तदा पशुपतिः कृतः। ईश्वरः स गवां मध्ये वृषभाङ्कः प्रकीर्तितः॥