When that gigantic demon asked with folded hands, “What shall I do, my lord?” Lord Śiva, who is known as Bhūtanātha, directly ordered, “Because you are born from my body, you are the chief of all my associates. Therefore, kill Dakṣa and his soldiers at the sacrifice.”
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
तं किं करोमीति गृणन्तमाह बद्धाञ्जलिं भगवान् भूतनाथः । दक्षं सयज्ञं जहि मद्भटानां त्वमग्रणी रुद्रभटांशको मे
taṃ kiṃ karomīti gṛṇantamāha baddhāñjaliṃ bhagavān bhūtanāthaḥ | dakṣaṃ sayajñaṃ jahi madbhaṭānāṃ tvamagraṇī rudrabhaṭāṃśako me
SB 4.5.4