The Father-god, Praj[=a]pati, or Brahm[=a] (personal equivalent of _brahma_) is not only the father of gods, men, and devils, but he is the All.

This Father-god of universal sovereignty, Brahm[=a], remains to the end the personal creator.

It is he who will serve as creator for the Puranic S[=a]nkhya philosophy, and even after the rise of the Hindu sects he will still be regarded in this light, although his activity will be conditioned by the will of Vishnu or Civa.

In pure philosophy there will be an abstract First Cause; but as there is no religion in the acknowledgment of a First Cause, this too will soon be anthropomorphized.
The Br[=a]hmanas themselves present no clear picture of creation.

All the accounts of a personal creator are based merely on anthropomorphized versions of the text 'desire is the seed.' Praj[=a]pati wishes offspring, and creates.