Skandapurana 7.18.89_216

7.18.89_216

sarvārambhasamāvasthaḥ sarvāśrayavivarjitaḥ .
karmamārgādatikrānto dhyānīti parikīrtyate ..3 5. .
yasya nodvijate ceto duḥkhāpattau35 mahāmune .
na haṣyati36 sukhe caiva dhyānīti sa viśabditaḥ . .36. .
mokṣasiddhipradaḥ panthāstrividhaḥ parikīrtitaḥ .
pūrvaḥ37 saṃketanaḥ proktaḥ paścāt saṃkathanaḥ smṛtaḥ ..37. .
saṃsaktaśca tṛtīyastu teṣāṃ bhedamimaṃ38 śṛṇu .
pratirūpaṃ vibhoḥ kṛtvā daśabhirniyamairyutaḥ . .38 ..

Remaining equanimous in all undertakings, abandoned of all support, / transcending the path of ritual action, he is celebrated as a meditator (dhyānin). / He whose mind is not agitated upon the occurrence of sorrow, O great sage, / nor rejoices in pleasure, is proclaimed a meditator. / The path that bestows the perfection of liberation is declared to be threefold: / the first is spoken of as saṃketana; after that, saṃkathana is remembered; / and the third is saṃsakta. Hear now this distinction among them: / having fashioned a likeness of the All-pervading Lord, endowed with the ten observances,