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# Skandapurana 7.18.89\_137

Skandapurāṇa 7.18.89\_137

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.18.89\_137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_137)

prakṛteḥ paramaṃ guhyaṃ pudgalaṃ parameṣṭhinam .  
yaṃ sāṃkhyāḥ puruṣaṃ prāhuḥ pañcaviṃśamajaṃ vibhum . . 8.174.10 . .  
yogāścāpi hi ṣaḍviṃśaṃ vyāpinaṃ triguṇātmakam (?) .  
yosṛjat sṛṣṭikāle tu devau sarvajagatsṛjau ..1 1 . .  
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1 brahmādyāste divaukasaḥ (?) . 2 yaṃ jñātvā - ka. kha. . 3 atha - ka. kha. . 4 tryambakeṇa (?) . 5 namaskṛtvā - ka. kha. . 6 prabhuḥ (bhuṃ) - ka. .  
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> who is beyond Prakṛti, secret, the Person, the supreme Lord,  
> whom the followers of Sāṃkhya call the twenty-fifth Puruṣa, unborn and all-pervading,  
> and the followers of Yoga \[call\] the twenty-sixth, omnipresent, consisting of the three guṇas,  
> who at the time of creation brought forth the two gods, creators of the entire universe,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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