Elements of Hindu Iconography v2.c16.s10.63

v2.c16.s10.63

In front of Śiva and seated on the ground should be the figure of Brahmā doing hōma or making offerings to the fire. The figure of Brahmā should be as high as the chest of Śiva. The Pūrva-Kāraṇāgama gives numerical proportions for the height of the figures of Brahmā and Viṣṇu. It is therein stated that the height of Viṣṇu might be seven-twelfths, eleven-twelfths, three-fourths or two-thirds of the height of Śiva and that the height of Brahmā either equal to or one-sixth, one-seventh or one-eighth less than that of Viṣṇu.