Skanda Purana 7.18.89_238

7.18.89_238

ajaḥ svayambhūḥ13 ṣaḍviṃśaḥ kūṭastho hyacalo dhruvaḥ .
tatastattvāni jāyante puruṣaśca guṇaiḥ saha .. 15. .
tasminneva ca līyante ṣaḍviṃśe tu maheśvare .
viditvainaṃ maheśānaṃ muktisiddhiravāpyate ..1 6 ..

unborn, self-manifest, the twenty-sixth, unchanging, unmoving, and constant.
From him the principles are born, and the puruṣa together with the guṇas; // 15
and into him alone they dissolve, in the twenty-sixth, Maheśvara.
Having known this Maheśāna, the perfection of liberation is attained. // 16