Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)
इमे ते लोकधर्मार्थ त्रय: सृष्टा: स्वयम्भुवा । पृथिव्यां सर्जने नित्यं सृष्टास्तानपि मे शृूणु
For the sake of the world’s order and dharma, the Self-born (Svayambhū) created these three. With the creation of the earth, these three dharmas too were brought forth unfailingly; hear of them from me as well.
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच