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Vasugupta mentioned that he is not the author of Shiva- Sutra, but that he found it written on a rock that came out from the water and that went back into the water after he read and memorized the text.
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Vasugupta - (ca. 800); the Shiva Sutras, carved on a rock lying facedown in a river, were revealed to him by Shiva; he composed the Spanda Sutras ...
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Kashmir Shaivism: Codified by Vasugupta (ca 800), this abheda--intensely monistic school--known as Pratyabhijna Darshana, explains the creation of soul and world as God Shiva's shining forth in His dynamic first impulse.
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Its principal scripture is the " Shiva Sutra" (science of Shaivism) and is said to have been revealed to the great seer Vasugupta in the eighth or ninth century.
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Sūtra ("thread") - an aphoristic statement; a work consisting of aphoristic statements, such as Patanjali's Yoga-Sūtra or Vasugupta's Shiva-Sūtra ...
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 See also: Kashmir, Shakti, Shiva, Sutra, India
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