Basava Vachana

"When the ghosts read the writing on the skulls Shiva wears
around his neck, they know, 'This one is Brahma, this one is
Vishnu, this one is Indra, this is death,' as they play happily
with them, Shiva smiles, he laughs, our god

--Basava, vacana no.537 translated in A.K. Ramanujan.