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# Skandapurana 5.262.1

Skandapurāṇa 5.262.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.262.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.262.1)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..  
yadi cettāmasaṃ karma tyaktvā karmasu jāyate ..  
tadā jñānamayo yogī jīvatāṃ mokṣadāyakaḥ .. 1 ..

> Īśvara said: / If, having abandoned tamasic action, one engages in deeds \[without attachment\], / then the yogin composed of knowledge grants liberation to the living. (1)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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