Skandapurana 7.18.89_163

7.18.89_163

buddhīndriyāṇi jātāni pañca sattvodayāni tu .
bodhyate budhyate vāpi mumukṣustvindriyairyataḥ29 . . 21 . .
tato buddhīndriyāṇīti kīrtyante tattvacintakaiḥ .
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . 22. .
ataḥ karmendriyāṇyāhurguṇājjātāni rājasāt .
tāmasādapyahaṅkārāt tanmātrāṇyabhavan punaḥ ..2 3 . .
kecit sarvagatānyāhu - - - - - - - - .
- - - - vidhaṃ tacca dharmādharmasamudbhavam .. 24. .
yāti sarvatra siddhārthaṃ bhūtavyāpi vimohanam .
śaktaṃ sarvāśrayaṃ sūkṣmamanivāritadikpatham . . 25..

the five cognitive sense organs arose, having the rising of sattva. / Since by means of the senses the seeker of liberation is made to perceive or perceives,
therefore they are celebrated as cognitive sense organs by thinkers on reality. / […]
From this, they say, the active sense organs arose from the quality of rajas; / and again from the tamasic ego-sense arose the subtle elements.
Some say they are omnipresent […], / […] that is of […] kinds, arisen from virtue and vice;
it moves everywhere having accomplished its purpose, pervading beings, causing delusion, / capable, the support of all, subtle, with its path across the directions unhindered.