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Swayambhu (also spelt Svayambhu) means Self-manifested or that which is created by its own accord.

Shaivism
Several Lingam
Lingam

The Lingam is a symbol for the worship of the Hinduism deity Shiva. The use of this symbol for worship is an ancient tradition in India extending back at least to the early Indus Valley civilization....
s of Shiva
Shiva

Shiva: is a major Hinduism god, and one aspect of Trimurti. In the Shaiva tradition of Hinduism, Shiva is seen as the supreme God. In the Smarta tradition, he is one of panchadeva....
 adornments of Hindu temple sanctum sanctorum
Sanctum sanctorum

The Latin phrase sanctum sanctorum means literally "Holy of Holies." It was originally applied in a religious context to the most sacred place within a sacred building, such as a temple....
 have been held sacred as natural mounds.






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Swayambhu (also spelt Svayambhu) means Self-manifested or that which is created by its own accord.

Vaishnavism


Based on details in Srimad Bhagavatam and Matsya Purana
Matsya Purana

The Matsya Purana is the first and the oldest of all the Puranas and Hindu scriptures and texts. It is primarily the story of the first Avatar of Lord Vishnu, in the form of a fish or Matsya....
, Narayana
Narayana

Narayana or Narayan is an important Sanskrit name for Vishnu, and in many contemporary vernaculars a common Indian name. Narayana is also identified as the original man, Purusha....
 or Krishna
Krishna

Krishna is a deity worshiped across many traditions in Hinduism in a variety of different perspectives. While many Vaishnava groups recognize him as an avatar of Vishnu, other traditions within Krishnaism consider Krishna to be svayam bhagavan, or the supreme being....
 is said to be the Self-manifested Swayambhu
Swayambhu

Swayambhu means Self-manifested or that which is created by its own accord....
 form of Brahman
Brahman

Brahman is a concept of Hinduism. Brahman is the unchanging, infinite, Immanence, and transcendence reality which is the Divine Ground of all matter, energy, time, space, being, and everything beyond in this Universe....
 as the first cause of creation. (See Hiranyagarbha
Hiranyagarbha

Hiranyagarbha is the source of the creation of the Universe or the manifested cosmos in Indian philosophy , it finds mention in one hymn of the Rigveda , known as the Hiranyagarbha sukta and presents an important glimpse of the emerging monism, or even monotheism, in the later Vedic period, along with the Nasadiya sukta suggesting a...
).

Swyambhu means that is Self-Existent, Self-Born. 'Self' is Swayambhu in all Being.

Shaivism


Several Lingam
Lingam

The Lingam is a symbol for the worship of the Hinduism deity Shiva. The use of this symbol for worship is an ancient tradition in India extending back at least to the early Indus Valley civilization....
s of Shiva
Shiva

Shiva: is a major Hinduism god, and one aspect of Trimurti. In the Shaiva tradition of Hinduism, Shiva is seen as the supreme God. In the Smarta tradition, he is one of panchadeva....
 adornments of Hindu temple sanctum sanctorum
Sanctum sanctorum

The Latin phrase sanctum sanctorum means literally "Holy of Holies." It was originally applied in a religious context to the most sacred place within a sacred building, such as a temple....
 have been held sacred as natural mounds. The Jyotirlinga at Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh is believed to be one such Swayambhu.

See also

  • Swayambhunath
    Swayambhunath

    Swayambhunath is an ancient religious complex atop a hill in the Kathmandu Valley, west of Kathmandu city. It is also known as the Monkey Temple as there are holy monkeys living in parts of the temple in the north-west....
  • Swastika
    Swastika

    The swastika is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at Angle#Types of angles, in either right-facing form or its mirrored left-facing form....