He understood the deity to be none else than Mahadeva. Filled with wonder he said-"I do not think that thou art any one save Rudra, the great and Supreme being.
नान्यं देवादहं मन्ये रुद्रात परतरं महत्। सुरासुरस्य जगतो गति स्त्वमसि शूलधृत्॥