[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\_161 # Skandapurana 7.18.89\_161 Skandapurāṇa 7.18.89\_161 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.18.89\_161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_161) saṃsiddhaḥ20 prākṛtaścaiva21 tathā vaikṛta ucyate22 . tatra dharmeṇa saṃsiddhā yoge māheśvare sthitāḥ .. 1 5. . necchanti saṃbhavaṃ vyāsa dharmo (?) pañcātmataḥ smṛtaḥ . te punardravyasaṃbandhāt sāṃkhyadṛṣṭāntapaṇḍitāḥ . . 1 6.. icchanti23 kāryamāśritya kāraṇāśrayiṇo na hi . pradhānāt puruṣād buddhirabhūt satvādhikāsakṛt ..17. . - - - - - - - - -- - - 7 bhogyā (?) . 8 rajaścaiva - kha. . 9 yeṣāmādyavicārāddhi - kha. . 10 mucyate - ka. kha. . 11 sajñinā guṇaḥ - ka, . 12 vṛttirīritā - kha. ' 13 vibhinnantu - ka kha . 14 samametad - kha . 15 ca - kha . 16 bhūrtimaccāpi - kha. . 17 sarva triguṇamucyate (?) . 1 na saktasyaiṣa - ka. . 19 stridhābhūtā - kha. . 20 saṃsiddhaṃ - kha. . 21 prākṛntañcaiva - kha. 22 mucyate - kha. . 23 icchante - kha. . - - - - - - - - -- - - > it is called perfected, elemental, and modified. / There, those perfected by righteousness, established in the yoga of Maheśvara, > do not desire rebirth, O Vyāsa; righteousness is remembered as fivefold. / But those who are learned in Sāṃkhya examples, on account of connection with matter, > desire \[rebirth\] relying on the effect, not being those who rely on the cause. / From the unmanifest principle and Puruṣa arose intellect, possessing an excess of sattva repeatedly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.18.89\_160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_160) - [Next: 7.18.89\_162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_162) - [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_161) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_161) · Pramāṇa