Skandapurana 7.18.89_160

7.18.89_160

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( 945) sūkṣmā prakṛtiravyaktā bhojyā7 sarvaratā calā .
nityā cācetanā caiva vijñeyā sarvakāmikī ..7..
tamaḥ satvaṃ rajaśceti8 viṣayasthaṃ guṇatrayam .
yeṣāmavyabhicārāddhi9 sarvametadavasthitam ..8 ..
prakāśajananaṃ satvaṃ rajaḥ saṅgapravartanam .
tamo vimohanañcaiva guṇavistara ucyate10 . .9 . .
bhinnakāryapracārāṇāmeteṣāṃ guṇasaṃjñinām11 .
hetunā puruṣārthena sādhikā vṛttirucyate12 . .8.175.1 0 . .
daivamaṣṭavibhedantu13 tiryak saptavidhaṃ smṛtam .
avikalpyaṃ ca mānuṣyaṃ sarvatetad14 guṇātmakam . .1 1 . .
mūḍhaṃ niścetanaṃ bhūtaṃ sthūlaṃ sūkṣmamathāpi vā15 .
amūrttaṃ mūrttimadvāpi16 triguṇaṃ sarvamucyate17 . . 12 . .
mokṣavighnakarā hyete kīrtitā yogino guṇāḥ .
saktasyaiva18 hi bandhaḥ syādasakto mukta ucyate .
vibhāgāt prakṛtisthasya sthitā nityaṃ guṇatrayam (?) .. 13 . .
vibhāgena vikārasthā yathādharmaṃ samāśritāḥ .
bhūtasargastridhābhūtaḥ19 sāṃkhyajñaiḥ paripaṭhyate . . 14 .

Subtle, unmanifest, an object of enjoyment, delighting in all, mutable, / eternal and unconscious, Prakṛti should be known as fulfilling all desires.
Tamas, sattva, and rajas: these are the three guṇas residing in sensory objects, / by whose absence of deviation indeed all this stands established.
Sattva produces illumination, rajas initiates attachment, / and tamas causes delusion: thus the expansion of the guṇas is described.
Of these, bearing the designation of guṇas and having distinct functions and operations, / their operation is called accomplishing [their goal] through the motive of the purpose of Puruṣa.
The divine is eightfold, while that of animals is remembered as sevenfold, / and the human is of one kind; all of this is composed of the guṇas.
Stupefied, unconscious, elemental, gross or subtle, / formless or endowed with form, everything is said to consist of the three guṇas.
These guṇas of the yogin are proclaimed as causing obstacles to liberation; / for bondage belongs only to one who is attached; one unattached is said to be liberated. / By distinction, the triad of guṇas remains constantly abiding in Prakṛti.
Abiding in the modifications according to division, they have resorted according to nature. / The creation of beings is recited by knowers of Sāṃkhya as threefold: