Nīlakaṇṭha-nāmotpatti-kathana
Origin of the Epithet “Nīlakaṇṭha”
यः स्रष्टा सर्वभूतानां कालः कालकरः प्रभुः / येनाहं ब्रह्मणा सार्द्धं सृष्टा लोकाश्च मायया
yaḥ sraṣṭā sarvabhūtānāṃ kālaḥ kālakaraḥ prabhuḥ / yenāhaṃ brahmaṇā sārddhaṃ sṛṣṭā lokāśca māyayā
He who is the Creator of all beings is the Lord—Time itself, the maker of Time; by Him I, together with Brahmā, created the worlds through Māyā.