Inauguration of Creation (sṛṣṭi-prāraṃbha) - Verse 56
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 4.56
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Sanskrit Original
गुणात्मिका च तद्वृत्तिस तस्य देवस्य वै त्रिधा। अप्राकृतस्य तस्यादिर मध्यान्तं नास्ति चात्मनः।।
guṇātmikā ca tadvṛttis tasya devasya vai tridhā| aprākṛtasya tasyādir madhyāntaṃ nāsti cātmanaḥ||
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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]