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Shiva Purana

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प्रणवार्थश्शिवः साक्षात्प्राधान्येन प्रकीर्त्तितः ॥ श्रुतिषु स्मृतिशास्त्रेषु पुराणेष्वागमेषु च ॥ ६॥

The meaning of the oṁkāra is directly described as Shiva with primacy. In the scriptures, in the scriptures of memory, in the Puranas and in the Vedas.

english translation

यतो वाचो निवर्त्तन्ते अप्राप्य मनसा सह ॥ आनन्दं यस्य वे विद्वान्न बिभेति कुतश्च न ॥ ७ ॥

Because words withdraw without reaching the mind The joy of which ve learned man is not afraid and nowhere else.

english translation

यस्माज्जगदिदं सर्वं विधिविष्ण्विन्द्रपूर्वकम् ॥ सह भूतेन्द्रियग्रामैः प्रथमं सम्प्रसूयते ॥ ८ ॥

From him this entire universe is created by the laws of Vishnu and Indra It is first born with the groups of beings and senses.

english translation

न सम्प्रसूयते यो वै कुतश्चन कदाचन ॥ यस्मिन्न भासते विद्युन्न न सूर्यो न चन्द्रमाः ॥ ९ ॥

He who is never born anywhere else In which neither lightning nor the sun nor the moon shines.

english translation

यस्य भासो विभातीदञ्जगत्सर्वं समन्ततः ॥ सर्व्वैश्वर्य्येण सम्पन्नो नाम्ना सर्व्वेश्वरस्स्वयम्॥ १०॥

His effulgence shines throughout the universe Endowed with all opulence he himself is known as the lord of all.

english translation