People do not know the great God

संन्यासविधिवर्णनं नाम द्वादशोऽध्यायः

Renunciation procedure description Chapter 12

श्रीब्रह्मण्य उवाच |

Kartikeya said (to sage Vamadeva)

न जानन्ति परम् साक्षात्प्रणवार्थं महेश्वरम् |
सगुणं निर्गुणं ब्रह्म त्रिदेवजनकं परम् || 4 ||

(Living beings under the influence of Maya) do not know the highest great God in visible form, the meaning of the Pranava (Om, the primordial sound), with form as well as without form, the supreme element and the father of the three Devas (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva).