Regarding the three balls of mud that the powerful Lord had shaken off from his tusks as funeral cakes, he then, with sesame seeds that arose from the heat of his own body, himself performed the rite of dedication, sitting with face turned towards the East. That foremost of gods then, moved by the desire of establishing rules of conduct for the inhabitants of the three worlds, said these words.
संकल्पयित्वा त्रीन् पिण्डान् स्वेनैव विधिना प्रभुः। आत्मगात्रोष्मसम्भूतैः स्नेहगर्भस्तिलैरपि॥ प्रोक्ष्यापसव्यं देवेशः प्राङ्मुखः कृतवान् स्वयम्। मर्यादास्थापनार्थं च ततो वचनमुक्तवान्॥