[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\_158 # Skandapurana 7.18.89\_158 Skandapurāṇa 7.18.89\_158 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.18.89\_158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_158) 944 samo daivatatiryakṣu30 nirmamaḥ sarvavastuṣu . sarvārambhavinirmuktaḥ puṇyapāpavivarjitaḥ . .6 1 . . nirdvandvo31 nirjane32 īśe yogābhyāsaṃ samācaret . sābhimānaṃ saniyamaṃ tyaktvā33 sāṃkhyaviniścayam .. 62 . . pare māheśvare yoge nityamamyāsamācaret . aṣṭau prakṛtayo nityā vikārāścaiva ṣoḍaśa . .63 .. puruṣaḥ pañcaviṃśaśca sāṃkhyasiddhāntagocaraḥ . etadeva paraṃ guhyaṃ34 drye sāṃkhyānāṃ tattvaniścaye . prakṛterantaraṃ jñātvā puruṣasya ca mucyate35 . .64. . iti skandapurāṇe pāśupatayogavarṇanaṃ nāma dhyānavidhau prathamoyaṃ catuḥsaptatyuttaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ > Impartial towards gods and animals, free from the sense of "mine" in all things, / released from all undertakings, free from merit and sin, > free from duality, in a secluded place, he should practice yoga directed towards Īśvara. / Having abandoned egoism along with rules, having ascertained the Sāṃkhya conclusion, > he should constantly practice in the supreme yoga of Maheśvara. / Eight are the eternal material principles, and sixteen are the modifications; > and the twenty-fifth is Puruṣa, the subject of the Sāṃkhya doctrine. / This indeed is the supreme secret in the ascertainment of the reality of the Sāṃkhyas: > having known the difference between Prakṛti and Puruṣa, one is liberated. > Thus ends the hundred and seventy-fourth chapter, the first on the method of meditation, entitled 'The Description of Pāśupata Yoga', in the Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.18.89\_157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_157) - [Next: 7.18.89\_159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_159) - [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_158) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_158) · Pramāṇa