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Shiva Purana

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सर्वेश्वरं भवाध्यक्षं सत्यं शिवमनुत्तमम्॥ कोटि भास्करसंकाशं त्वां नमामि च सर्वतः॥२१॥

I bow to you everywhere who are the lord of all, who preside over the worlds, who are the excellent Satya and Śiva and who have the refulgence of innumerable suns.

english translation

विश्वदेवमनाद्यंतं षट्त्रिंशत्कमनीश्वरम्॥ प्रवर्तकं च सर्वेषां त्वां नमामि च सर्वतः॥२२॥

I bow to you everywhere, you the lord of the universe devoid of beginning and end, the lord of the twenty six Tattvasand the activiser of everything.

english translation

प्रवर्तकं च प्रकृतेस्सर्वस्य प्रपितामहम् ॥ सर्वविग्रहमीशं हि त्वां नमामि च सर्वतः ॥२३॥

I bow to you everywhere you the activiser of the Prakṛti, the great grandfather of everyone, the lord, the body of everyone.

english translation

एवं वदंति वरदं सर्वावासं स्वयम्भुवम् ॥ श्रुतयः श्रुतिसारज्ञं श्रुतिसारविदश्च ये ॥ २४ ॥

The Śrutis and those who know the essence of Śrutis speak of you thus. You are the abode of all, the selfborn and the knower of the essence of Śrutis.

english translation

अदृश्यमस्माभिरनेकभूतं त्वया कृतं यद्भवताथ लोके ॥ त्वामेव देवासुरभूसुराश्च अन्ये च वै स्थावरजंगमाश्च ॥२५॥

The various living beings created by you and to be created in future are invisible to us. The gods, the Asuras, the brahmins, nay, the mobile and immobile beings eulogise you alone.

english translation