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The Vision of Śiva3.81

3.81
समवायी तदिच्छैव तद्योगः सहकारणम्म् ॥८१॥
samavāyī tadicchaiva tadyogaḥ sahakāraṇamm
— the inherent (cause) ; — is his will itself ; — its conjunction (knowledge) ; — the cooperating cause

The inherent cause is his very will; its conjunction (with the object, i.e. knowledge) is the cooperating cause (and his action is the efficient — all three being his own powers).