In days of yore the vital seed of Maheshvara, dropped into a blazing fire. The consumer of everything, the worshipful Agni, could not burn that indestructible seed.
तेजो माहेश्वरं स्कनमग्नौ प्रपतितं पुरा। तत् सर्वभक्षो भगवान् नाशकद् दग्धुमक्षयम्॥