Skanda Purana 7.18.89_188

7.18.89_188

yena mūḍho nirānando naivādhyātmaratirbhavet .
agnīṣomātmakaṃ sarvaṃ bhūtagrāmaṃ caturvidham . . 1 6. .
saṃyogādevamutpannamutpatsyati ca suvrata .
tatra ye sādhusaṃparkācchubhakarmodayādapi . .17. .
āgamānveṣaṇe saktāḥ pāpānuṣṭhānavarjitāḥ .
matvā saṃsārajaṃ kleśaṃ13 janmamṛtyubhayārditam14 ..1 8 ..

Whereby, deluded and joyless, it finds no delight in the supreme self. / The entire collection of fourfold beings consists of fire and soma. // 16
Thus it has arisen and will arise through union, O you of noble vows. / There, those who, through association with the virtuous and through the arising of auspicious karma, // 17
are intent on investigating the scriptures, free from the practice of sin, / considering the affliction born of worldly existence, tormented by the fear of birth and death, // 18