[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) › 7.18.89\_135 # Skandapurana 7.18.89\_135 Skandapurāṇa 7.18.89\_135 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.18.89\_135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_135) kīdṛśaṃ tatparaṃ yogaṃ jñānaṃ pāśupataṃ śubham . yajjñātvā2 brāhmaṇāḥ siddhāḥ prāpnuyurmokṣamuttamam . iti3 pṛṣṭastu śiṣyeṇa provāca munisattamaḥ ..3 . . sanatkumāra uvāca sādhu vyāsa mahābuddhe mumukṣurasi putraka . yanmāṃ pṛcchasi tajjñānaṃ yogaṃ māheśvaraṃ param ..4. . sarvāsāṃ yogavidyānāṃ yattattvaṃ parikīrtyate . sāṃkhyayogāgamopetāḥ sarvādhyātmaviśāradāḥ .. 5. . yogaiśvaryamapi prāpya tattvaṃ naivopalebhire . yadabuddhvā mahābhāga jñānaṃ śaṅkarabhāṣitam .. 6. . tadyathā kathitaṃ teṣāṃ tryambakeṇa4 divaukasām . tattehaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi saṃkṣepāttattvaniścayam . .7. . vistareṇa na tacchakyaṃ vaktuṃ varṣaśatairapi . tasyāhaṃ sthi?tapakṣantu saṃsārotpattināśanam . .8.. > Of what kind is that supreme yoga, the auspicious Pāśupata knowledge, > knowing which the accomplished brahmins may attain the highest liberation? > Having been thus asked by his disciple, the best of sages spoke: > Sanatkumāra said: > Well done, O Vyāsa of great intellect! You desire liberation, my son, > since you ask me about that knowledge, the supreme Māheśvara yoga. > That reality which is proclaimed the essence of all yoga traditions, > endowed with the teachings of Sāṃkhya and Yoga, skilled in all internal knowledge, > even having attained the lordly powers of yoga, they did not reach that reality, > not having understood, O fortunate one, the knowledge taught by Śaṅkara. > As it was told by Tryambaka to those dwellers of heaven, > I shall tell you that ascertainment of reality in brief. > It is impossible to describe it in detail even in hundreds of years; > its steady side, destroying the origin of saṃsāra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.18.89\_134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_134) - [Next: 7.18.89\_136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_136) - [Up: 7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.18.89_135) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Skanda Purāṇa (Kumāra Kavi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skandapurana.71.3) — Kumāra Kavi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_135) · Pramāṇa