The holy Pāśupata rite - Verse 34
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 2 · Verse 18.34
Sanskrit Original
बालाग्रमात्रं हृदयस्य मध्ये विश्वन्देवं वह्निरूपं वरेण्यम। तमात्मस्थं ये ऽनुपश्यन्ति धीरास्तेषां शान्तिः शाश्वती नेतरेषाम।।
bālāgramātraṃ hṛdayasya madhye viśvandevaṃ vahnirūpaṃ vareṇyam| tamātmasthaṃ ye 'nupaśyanti dhīrāsteṣāṃ śāntiḥ śāśvatī netareṣām||
Devas said:: The lord is odd-eyed. He is the creator of the universe, his vehicle is the universe. It is he who, at the outset, created Brahmā[12] as his eternal son and gave him perfect knowledge revealing the Ātman. Those who perceive Rudra the sole Puruṣa, oft-invoked and oft-eulogised, having the form of fire, the excellent Deva in the middle of the heart, the lord stationed in the Ātman and having the size of the tip of hair are self-possessed and courageous. Theirs is the perennial tranquillity, not of the others.