Dhaksha said-We have many Rudras armed with lances and having matted locks on their heads. They are eleven in number. I know them all, but I do not know who this Maheshvara is.
दक्ष उवाच सन्ति नो बहवो रुद्राः शूलहस्ताः कपर्दिनः। एकादशस्थानगता नाहं वेद्मि महेश्वरम्॥