[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\_160 # Skandapurana 7.18.89\_160 Skandapurāṇa 7.18.89\_160 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.18.89\_160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_160) 945 ( 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: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.18.89\_159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_159) - [Next: 7.18.89\_161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_161) - [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_160) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_160) · Pramāṇa