Matatrayaikyaprakashika 2.22

2.22

ityantena turīyasya paraśivatvamuktam | tathā mahābhārate tisṝṇāṃ mūrtīnāṃ
paraśivavigrahe jananamuktam
sa eṣa bhagavānīśassarvatatvādikhyayaḥ |
sarvatatvavidhānajñaḥ pradhānapuruṣeśvaraḥ |
so'sṛjaddakṣiṇādaṅgādbrahmāṇaṃ lokasambhavam |
vāmapārśvāttathā viṣṇuṃ lokarakṣārthamīśvaraḥ |
yugānte caiva samprāpte rudraṃ prabhumathāsṛjat |
iti turīyasya śivatvaṃ pratipāditam | ata evoktaṃ appayya dīkṣitairapi -

ending with this, the Fourth's being Paraśiva is stated. Likewise, in the Mahābhārata, the birth of the three forms from the body of Paraśiva is stated: / "He is this venerable Lord, who is known as the highest of all principles, / knowing the arrangement of all principles, the Lord of Pradhāna and the Puruṣa. / He created from his right side Brahmā, who originates the world; / and from his left side Viṣṇu, for the protection of the world, did the Lord create; / and when the end of the cosmic age arrived, he then created the lord Rudra." / In this manner, the Fourth's being Śiva is established. For this very reason it was also said by Appayya Dīkṣita: