South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c9.s2.3

c9.s2.3

¹ In Sivarahasya, a chapter of Saura-samhitā, it is stated that the linga has a fivefold significance and denotes the primeval energy of the Creator. At the end of the creation all gods find their resting place in the linga,—Brahmā being absorbed into the right, Janārdana (Vishnu) into the left and Gāyatrī into the heart.