Divested of sex, She or He is the penances that people practise. He is both the sacrifice that is performed and the sacrificer who celebrates the sacrifice. He is the ancient and the infinite Purusha. He is otherwise called Aniruddha and is the source of the Creation and the Destruction of the universe.
तपो यज्ञश्च यष्टा च पुराणः पुरुषो विराट्॥ अनिरुद्ध इति प्रोक्तो लोकानां प्रभवाप्ययः।