Description of Creation by Means of Prakrti.^ - Verse 58
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 4 · Verse 58
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Sanskrit Original
पातियस्मात प्रजाः सर्वाः प्रजापतिरिति स्मृतः। देवेषु च महादेवो माहदेव इति स्मृतः।।
pātiyasmāt prajāḥ sarvāḥ prajāpatiriti smṛtaḥ| deveṣu ca mahādevo māhadeva iti smṛtaḥ||
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Hence (due to his persistent existence) in all the three periods of time, he is called one, in view of his being endowed with Gums. At the outset, he manifested himself as the eternal Hiranyagarbha.