Bhagavatapurana 4.5.24

4.5.24

dṛṣṭvā saṃjñapanaṃ yogaṃ paśūnāṃ sa patir makhe /
yajamāna-paśoḥ kasya kāyāt tenāharac chiraḥ //

24. Recollecting the method of slaying the sacrificial animal in a sacrifice, the Lord of souls cut by that method the head of Daksha whom he now made the animal to be sacrificed by the sacrificer, and severed it from his body.