In the middle of its pericarp he installed the lord. Then Brahmā, the self-controlled who had purified his soul by perfect restraint of his senses installed the great lord Śiva in his heart. The lord was situated there in a space as small as the hundred part of the thread of the lotus stalk[3] by repeating ‘om’ in a series of half measures of time. He who was worthy of worship himself,[4] then propitiated the unchanging lord (i.e. Śiva) by means of flowers of restraint etc.[5] Then at the behest of the Īśvara situated in the heart-lotus (of Brahmā) the allpervading lord born of the body of Bhava came out of Brahmā by piercing through his forehead.