सृष्टिः स्थितिश्च संहारस्तिरोभावोऽप्यनुग्रहः । पंचैव मे जगत्कृत्यं नित्यसिद्धमजाच्युतौ २ ।
Śiva said: I shall tell you the great secret of the five-fold duties, out of compassion for you. O Brahmā and Viṣṇu, the permanent cycle of the five-fold duties consists of creation, maintenance, annihilation, concealment, and blessing.
तन्मोक्षोऽनुग्रहस्तन्मे कृत्यमेवं हि पंचकम् । कृत्यमेतद्वहत्यन्यस्तूष्णीं गोपुरबिंबवत् ४ ।
Liberation (from the cycle of birth and death) is blessing. These five are my activities but are carried on by others silently as in the case of the statue at the Portal.