The term Ātmabhū (Atmabhu) denotes the One who has created One’s own Self ; who has not been born through śukra- śonita (sukra- sonita; the union of )semen and blood. Trideva — that is, Brahmā (Brahma), Viṣṇu (Visnu) and Mahesvara — are called Ātmabhū.