Śailādi said: The learned say that there is nothing else other than Śiva. They call the worldly matter consisting of elements, sense-organs, the inner organ, (will, etc.)[8] Pradhāna etc. as the Aparabrahma[9] form. Some say that Siva is in the form of the supreme Brahman and the lord has neither beginning nor end. The paramabrahman is of the form of consciousness. In fact, the form of Maheśa, Śiva the self-born deity is Brahman. It is that of Śaṅkara the great being. There is nothing other than Śiva. By some, Saṅkara is said to be of the form of Vidyā and Avidyā.