His body was covered all over with hair like a hawk's or an owl's and his hair stood erect. Of dreadful form, his complexion was dark and his dress blood-red. Like a fire burning a heap of dry grass or straw, that Being of high energy speedily consumed the embodied form of Sacrifice.
उर्ध्व केशोऽतिरोमाङ्ग श्येनोलूकस्तथैव च॥ करालकृष्णवर्णश्च रक्तवासास्तथैव च। तं यज्ञं सुमहासत्त्वोऽदहत् कक्षमिवानलः॥