"Although with regard to that Being whom all men worship, whichever of the Aims of Man they may strive after viz. the Being which the followers of the Upanisad worship as One, by nature pure and enlightened, the followers of Kapila as the perfected First Knower, the followers of Patanjali as the Being who is untouched by afflictions, actions, and fruits and who by assuming a 'phantasmal body' revealed the Veda and imparts (Saving) Grace, the followers of Mahapasupati as the absolutely independent One, who is undefiled by actions opposed to those enjoined in the Vedas and sanctioned by popular usage, the Saivas as Siva, the Vaisnavas as Purusottama, the Paurinkas as the Supreme Father, the sacrificialists as the soul of Sacrifice, the Saugatas [i.e. Budhists] as Omniscient, the Digambaras as the Uncovered, the Mimansakas as That which is enjoined (by the Vedas) as the object of worship, the Naiyayikas as the Being who is endowed with all the attributes which befit Him, the Charvakas as One whose authority is established by the convention of the world (loka-vyavahara-siddha), --what more, whom even the artisans worship as Visvakarman, the Great Architect--now, although with regard to such a Being, the Lord Siva, whose power is universally recognised, like caste, gotra, school (of Veda), family duties, etc. there can hardly be any ground for doubt and consequently any need for investigation, still--this logical dissertation of God, which may be called his contemplation, constitutes verily His worship, in as much as it follows the hearings of the Sruti."