The Universe being ॐ by Ganesh

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When the two boys [Ganesha and Skanda] were of marriageable age, Shiva and Parvati did not know which of the children to marry off first. So they proposed a competition: We shall celebrate the marriage of the one who first returns after having gone round the world. The clever Ganesha walked around his parents and said to them “You are the Universe”. He was considered the winner and his wedding was celebrated with Siddhi (Success) and Buddhi (Intelligence), the two daughters of the Lord of the World - w:Vishvarupa. Alain Daniélou in: "Gods of Love and Ecstasy: The Traditions of Shiva and Dionysus" P.96.
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[John Woodroffe, The Garland of Letters (Ganesh & Co., 1979), pp.201-203; c.f. also his (under the name Arthur Avalon) Shakti and Shakta, p.500] 

"When the Supreme Shiva beyond whom there is nought, who is in the nature of unchanged and unchangeable illumina-tion, moves forth by His will, such Shakti, though in fact inseparable from him, is called Unmana ["Closing of the eyes" - dissolution] ; Her place is the Shiva-tattwa

When the Unmana-Shakti displays Herself in the form of the universe beginning with Shunya (Void, the Absolute) and ending with Dhara (Foundation), formulates as mere thought and "thinkable", then She is called Samana ["Opening of the eyes" - creation] as well as Shakti-tattwa

This Samana-Shakti Herself is called Vyapini ["Out- spreading"] when she operates as the Power which withdraws (dissolves) into Herself all "thinkables" which are Her creation. She resides in Shakti-tattwa

It is again the same Samana Herself who is called Shakti when her operation is chiefly creative in regard to her own "thinkables". She resides in Shakti-tattwa and is also called Anjani because of her association with the "thinkables"

When the Shabda-brahman moves forth with great strength from Its Shiva form then the very first sound, like the vibration produced by a sounding bell is called Nadanta (or Mahanada - "Great or final melody"). It resides in Sadashiva-tattwa

When Shakti fills up the whole of the universe with Nadanta then She is called Nada. And this also is Sadashiva-tattwa because of the equality of "I" (Aham, subject) and "This" (Idam, object)

When Nada, having ceased to operate in its universal scope, does so limitedly, then it is called Nirodhini ("cessation" or "extinction"). This Shakti rests in Sadashiva-tattwa

When Nada is slightly operative to the creation of the "speakable" it is called Ardhachandra ("half moon") which is Ishwara-tattwa

Para-Shakti Herself is called Bindu when she is of the nature of inseparable illumination (prakasha) in regard to the whole range of the "speakable". She resides in Ishwara-tattwa

When Bindu causes diversity to manifest it is called Ma-kara [the final letter of AUM] and moves in Maya-tattwa

When Shakti creates objects as separate existences She is called U-kara [the second letter of AUM] and resides in Prakriti-tattwa

When the creation of Tattwas has come to an end because objectivity is completely revealed, Shakti as Mantri-Kala (Mantra) is called A-kara [the first letter of AUM]."

[John Woodroffe, The Garland of Letters (Ganesh & Co., 1979), pp.201-203; c.f. also his (under the name Arthur Avalon) Shakti and Shakta, p.500] ].