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Lord Śiva Saves the Universe
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sonality of Godhead ( paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān ). When Lord Śiva is worshiped as Parabrahman, the worship is meant for Lord Viṣṇu.
TEXT 25
त्वं शब्दयोनिर्जगदादिरात्मा प्राणेन्द्रियद्रव्यगुणः स्वभावः । कालः क्रतुः सत्यमृतं च धर्म- स्त्वय्यक्षरं यत् त्रिवृदामनन्ति ॥२५॥
tvaṁ śabda-yonir jagad-ādir ātmā prāṇedriya-dravya-guṇaḥ svabhāvaḥ kālaḥ kratuḥ satyam ṛtaṁ ca dharmas tvayy akṣaraṁ yat tri-vṛd-āmananti
tvam —Your Lordship;  śabda-yoniḥ —the origin and source of Vedic literature;  jagat-ādiḥ —the original cause of material creation;  ātmā —the soul;  prāṇa —the living force;  indriya —the senses;  dravya —the material elements;  guṇaḥ —the three qualities;  sva-bhāvaḥ —material nature;  kālaḥ —eternal time;  kratuḥ —sacrifice;  satyam —truth;  ṛtam —truthfulness;  ca —and;  dharmaḥ —two different types of religion;  tvayi —unto you;  akṣaram —the original syllable,  oṁkāra ;  yat —that which;  tri-vṛt —consisting of the letters  a ,  u  and  m ;  āmananti —they say.
TRANSLATION
O lord, you are the original source of Vedic literature. You are the original cause of material creation, the life force, the senses, the five elements, the three modes and the mahat-tattva. You are eternal time, determination and the two religious systems called truth [ satya ] and truthfulness [ ṛta ]. You are the shelter of the syllable  oṁ , which consists of three letters “a-u-m.”
TEXT 26
अग्निमुखं तेऽखिलदेवतात्मा क्षितिं विदुर्लोकभवाङ्घ्रिपङ्कजम् ।