Skandapurana 7.19.43_71

7.19.43_71

For the sake of creating gods, asuras, and the rest, she assumed the state of Brahmā. / From the splitting of the egg of the lotus-born Brahmā, who is of the nature of Śaṃkara, / and in front of the world of Brahmā, is that great city made of light, // 18
which is the abode of the Lord of forms, Īśvara, the supreme Self, / named Śivapura, O Vyāsa, the goal of the yogins devoted to the Lord. // 19