At his birthday ceremony all the demigods and sages presented Him gifts.
- The sun-god chanted Vedic mantras,
- the priest of the demigods decorated His chest with the sacred thread, and
- Kashyapa Muni put a straw belt around His waist.
- Mother Earth and His own mother provided Him a deerskin and a loincloth.
- The Moon (king of the forests) offered Him the rod of a celibate, and the heavens furnished an umbrella.
- Brahma supplied a water pot,
- the seven sages handed Him sacred grass, and
- the goddess of learning equipped Him with prayer beads.
- The treasurer of the demigods gave a begging pot, and
- Bhagavati, Lord Shiva's wife, gave Him His first alms.
