[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\_162 # Skandapurana 7.18.89\_162 Skandapurāṇa 7.18.89\_162 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.18.89\_162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_162) 946 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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.18.89\_161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_161) - [Next: 7.18.89\_163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_163) - [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_162) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_162) · Pramāṇa