Geography of the World - Verse 48
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 53.48
Sanskrit Original
सर्वगत्वात प्रधानस्य तिर्यग ऊर्ध्वम अधस तथा। अण्डेष्वेतेषु सर्वेषु भुवनानि चतुर्दश।।
sarvagatvāt pradhānasya tiryag ūrdhvam adhas tathā| aṇḍeṣveteṣu sarveṣu bhuvanāni caturdaśa||
Sūta said:: Since Pradhāna is present everywhere within each of these Cosmic Eggs there are fourteen worlds in all sides as well as above and below. O leading brahmins, the cause of their creation is lord Śiva himself. The eight-bodied Śiva is present in all the Eggs, in the exterior of the Eggs, in the coverings of the Eggs, in the extremities of the darkness and beyond darkness. Wonderful it is, every thing in the universe is the body of the unembodied great Ātman, of Maheśa, of the intelligent Mahādeva.