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Shiva Purana

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यस्सर्वस्मात्परो नित्यो निष्कलः परमेश्वरः ॥ स एव च तदाधारस्तदात्मा तदधिष्ठितः ॥ ११ ॥

He alone is their support, he who is greater than all, who is supreme, eternal, devoid of attributes and is their Ātman and their presiding deity.

english translation

तस्मान्महेश्वरश्चैव प्रकृतिः पुरुषस्तथा ॥ सदाशिवभवो विष्णुर्ब्रह्मा सर्वशिवात्मकम् ॥ १२ ॥

Hence he alone is Prakṛti, Puruṣa, Sadāśiva, Bhava, Viṣṇu and Brahmā. Everything is identical with Śiva.

english translation

प्रधानात्प्रथमं जज्ञे वृद्धिः ख्यातिर्मतिर्महान् ॥ महत्तत्त्वस्य संक्षोभादहंकारस्त्रिधा ऽभवत् ॥ १३ ॥

In the beginning were born the cosmic intellect, the great principle. When it was agitated the ego was born. The ego was split into three.

english translation

अहंकारश्च भूतानि तन्मात्रानींद्रियाणि च ॥ वैकारिकादहंकारात्सत्त्वोद्रिक्तात्तु सात्त्विकः ॥ १४ ॥

The ego split into the gross and subtle elements and the sense-organs. When the ego had the Sattva predominant the Sāttvika creation took place.

english translation

वैकारिकः स सर्गस्तु युगपत्संप्रवर्तते ॥ बुद्धीन्द्रियाणि पञ्चैव पञ्चकर्मेंद्रियाणि च ॥ १५ ॥

That creation, which is transformational, is simultaneously underway. The five senses of intelligence and the five senses of action.

english translation