Skandapurana 7.18.89_162

7.18.89_162

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guṇānāṃ pariṇāmena prākṛtānāṃ jalādivat24 .
byavasāyastathā rūpaṃ niścayaśceti bhāṣyate . . 18 . .
buddhireva hyahaṅkāraḥ pratyayāntarasaṃbhavāt25 .
manaḥ kecit tamicchanti26 kriyājaṃ guṇasaṃgraham .. 19 . .
ahameva hi karteti27 ahaṅkāra udāhṛtaḥ .
manasaḥ kalpanaṃ vāpi28 smṛtamindriyagocaram .
buddhibhūtādahaṅkārāt satvotpannāt prakāśinaḥ .. 8.175.20 ..

Through the transformation of the primary guṇas, like water and the like, / it is called determination, form, and ascertainment.
Intellect itself is indeed ego-sense, because of the arising of another concept; / some consider that to be the mind, born of action, a collection of guṇas.
"I indeed am the doer": thus ego-sense is proclaimed. / And conception of the mind is remembered as having sensory objects for its range. / From ego-sense arisen from intellect, produced from sattva, luminous,