In a great sacrifice requiring libations of all kinds of flesh, Mahadeva himself, poured all creatures as sacrificial libations and then his own self.
उपेत्य तस्यावभृथे पूताः सर्वे भवन्ति ते। विश्वरूपो महादेवः सर्वमेधे महामखे। जुहाव सर्वभूतानि तथैवात्मानमात्मना॥