Śrī Kāmākṣī–Mahātripurasundarī: Immanence of Śakti and Cosmic Administration
Lalitopākhyāna
इति मायामोहितयोरुभयोरन्तरे तदा / तयोश्च स्वस्य माहात्म्यमहं ब्रह्मेति दर्शयन् / प्रादुरासीन्महाज्योतिस्तंभरूपो महेश्वरः
iti māyāmohitayorubhayorantare tadā / tayośca svasya māhātmyamahaṃ brahmeti darśayan / prādurāsīnmahājyotistaṃbharūpo maheśvaraḥ
Thus, while both were deluded by māyā, between them Maheśvara appeared—revealing his own majesty as though declaring “I am Brahmā”—as a vast radiance in the form of a pillar.