The Geography of the Puranas c13.s2.9

c13.s2.9

The instrumental origin of the Universe is based on the occurrence of parent bodies from which the Universe was created. Agni (Fire)⁵, Indra and Soma⁶, Sūrya (Sun)⁷, Indra⁸, Rudra⁹, and the other gods are mentioned as having been instrumental in the creation of the earth and the heaven—the twin parents of the whole Universe. The union of the earth and the heaven results in the birth of the sun, which is the most important agent in the creation of the world. ‘He is the soul of all that moveth or not-moveth, the Sun hath filled the air and earth and heaven’ (RV. I.115, 1. Griffith’s). He is later identified with Prajāpati, Viśwakarmā and sometimes with the Golden Egg and the Unborn Being.