Skanda Purana 7.18.89_237

7.18.89_237

sa eṣa11 kathito vyāsa pareṣāṃ parataḥ sthitaḥ .
mahādevamimaṃ jñātvā mucyate tatkṣaṇānmuniḥ ..1 1 . .
guṇatrayavikārasthaḥ kathitaḥpañcaviṃśakaḥ .
bhūyaḥ saṃsarate tasmādajñānenaiva mohitaḥ . . 1 2. .
devamānuṣatiryakṣu bhrāmyate rāgamohitaḥ .
ṣaḍviṃśakasamādhānāt siddhistasya vikārataḥ .. 13 . .
kriyākāryavinirmuktaḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvasṛk12 prabhuḥ .
paramaiśvaryasaṃpūrṇaḥ kṛtakṛtyo maheśvaraḥ ..14..

This very one, O Vyāsa, is declared to stand beyond the beyond;
having known this Mahādeva, a sage is liberated in that very instant. // 11
Abiding in the transformations of the three guṇas, the twenty-fifth is described;
therefore he transmigrates repeatedly, deluded by ignorance alone. // 12
Deluded by passion, he wanders among gods, humans, and animals;
through absorption in the twenty-sixth, his perfection arises from [transcending] modification. // 13
Freed from action and effect, all-knowing, creator of all, sovereign,
filled with supreme majesty, having accomplished what is to be done, Maheśvara, // 14