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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.12.15
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TEXT 15
- ity ādiṣṭaḥ sva-guruṇā
- bhagavān nīla-lohitaḥ
- sattvākṛti-svabhāvena
- sasarjātma-samāḥ prajāḥ
itithus — thus; ādiṣṭaḥbeing ordered — being ordered; svaby his own spiritual master-guruṇāby his own spiritual master — by his own spiritual master; bhagavānthe most powerful — the most powerful; nīlaRudra, whose color is mixed blue and red-lohitaḥRudra, whose color is mixed blue and red — Rudra, whose color is mixed blue and red; sattvapower — power; ākṛtibodily features — bodily features; svabhāvenaand with a very furious mode of nature — and with a very furious mode of nature; sasarjacreated — created; ātmalike his own prototype-samāḥlike his own prototype — like his own prototype; prajāḥgenerations — generations.
The most powerful Rudra, whose bodily color was blue mixed with red, created many offspring exactly resembling him in features, strength and furious nature.