Siva Said. 'To Know The Meaning of Pranava is to Know Me. Pranava is the Seed of all Lore. It is Small Like the Banyan Seed, But Bears Within Itself a Mighty, Eternal Tree. Is is the Oringinal Mantra and the Essence of the Veads. I am Siva, Who Pervades Everything; Yet, Idwell Only in the Mantra of One Syllable. In the Beginning. I cReated the Universe By Saying AUM. Siva is Pranava and Pranava is Siva. Pranava is the Vital Breath of all Living Beings, Form Brahma Downwards