Matsyapurana 72.12

72.12

bhittvā sa sapta pātālān adahatsapta sāgarān
anekavaktranayano jvalajjvalanabhīṣaṇaḥ //

That drop penetrated into all the seven lower regions and dried up all the seven oceans. Afterwards, out of the same drop, Vîrabhadra, with many a mouth and eyes emitting flashes of fire from them, was born. He was endowed with myriads of hands and feet, and destroyed the sacrifice of Dakṣa. This Earth-born Vîrabhadra destroyed the sacrifice of Dakṣa and then attempted to burn up the three worlds. Whereupon, Śiva intervened, when He saw Vîrabhadra was going to consume the universe, and made him abstain from his campaign of destruction.—12-13.