On the disappearance of Pavaka king Nila came there, and at the command of that deity (Agni), the king worshipped with due rites that best of men and that master in war, Sahadeva, He accepted his worship and made him pay tribute.
पावकस्याज्ञया चैनमर्चयामास पार्थिवः॥ सत्कारेण नरव्याघ्रं सहदेवं युधाम्पतिम्। प्रतिगृह्य च तां पूजां करे च विनिवेश्य च॥