The creator of everything, maintainer and destroyer

विष्णुरुवाच |

Lord Vishnu said (to Lord Brahma)

शिवः सर्वस्वकर्ता हि भर्ता हर्ता परात्परः |
परब्रह्म परेशश्च निर्गुणो नित्य एव च || 35 ||

Shiva is really the creator of everything, maintainer and destroyer, above the highest, the supreme element, the highest God, as well as without form and eternal.