High-spirited as he is, after satisfying Mahadeva in battle he received the most terrible weapon Pashuput, powerful enough to annihilate the three worlds.
महादेवं तोषयामास योऽस्त्रैः साक्षात् सुयुद्धेन महानुभावः। लेभे ततः पाशुपतं सुघोरं त्रैलोक्यसंहारकरं महासम्॥