Inauguration of Creation (sṛṣṭi-prāraṃbha) - Verse 54
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 4.54
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Sanskrit Original
असंख्याताश च संक्षेपात प्रधानाद अन्वधिष्ठितात। असंख्याताश च कल्पाख्या ह्य असंख्याताः पितामहाः।।
asaṃkhyātāś ca saṃkṣepāt pradhānād anvadhiṣṭhitāt| asaṃkhyātāś ca kalpākhyā hy asaṃkhyātāḥ pitāmahāḥ||
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Sūta said: Such creations, effected through the agency of Pradhāna are innumerable. The kalpas together with their Brahmas and Viṣṇus are innumerable. But lord Śiva is only one. The activities of Prakṛti emerging from Pradhāna are due to His sport. The activities as characterized by the guṇas are threefold and destructible but the (uncreated) ātman has neither a beginning nor a middle nor an end.[3]