Skandapurana 7.9.45_72

7.9.45_72

Along with the gods, the lord of the gods [was the sacrificer]; his arrows were considered the kuśa grass. / The diverse weapons were the sruva-ladles with which the oblation was offered.
The vital breaths were declared to be the oblation; the great-splendored fire was death. / The divine missiles were the mantras, and the heads were the sacrificial cakes.
Soma there was victory, and the Rudras were the adhvaryu priests; / the Ādityas were the ṛgvedic reciters, and the hotṛ-office was performed by the Vasus.