Shiva said: O exalted Pandava, I shall give you my favourite weapon called Pashupata. You are capable of holding, hurling and withdrawing it.
भव उवाच ददामि तेऽस्त्रं दयितमहं पाशुपतं विभो। समर्थोधारणे मोक्षे संहारे चासि पाण्डव॥