[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 17.18.64\_6 # Skandapurana 17.18.64\_6 Skandapurāṇa 17.18.64\_6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [17.18.64\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_6) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. prakṛtiśca tato buddhirahaṃkārastato'bhavat .. tanmātrapaṃcakaṃ tasmādeṣā prakṛtiraṣṭadhā .. 13 .. > Īśvara said: / Primordial nature (prakṛti), and from that intellect (buddhi), then egoism (ahaṃkāra) arose; / from that the five subtle elements: such is the eightfold prakṛti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 17.18.64\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_5) - [Next: 17.18.64\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_7) - [Up: 17.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.17.18.64_6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.18.64_6) · Pramāṇa