Skanda Purana 7.18.89_263

7.18.89_263

janmāntarasahasraistu tamabhyasya mahāmune .
prāpnuvanti paraṃ9 jyotiryogaiśvaryamathāpi vā .
yoyaṃ bhagavatā sākṣād yogo māheśvaraḥ paraḥ . .6. .
tattvataḥ kathitasteṣāṃ prapannānāṃ10 divaukasām .
asya samyak parijñānādanenaiva tu janmanā . .7. .
vrataṃ pāśupataṃ prāpya ṣaḍmāsāj jñānamāpnute .
yogaiśvaryaṃ mahad11 vyāsa yadavāpya vimucyate ..8. .
sarvadharmaṃ bahiḥ kṛtvā niṣkalasya prabhāvataḥ .
dīkṣāṃ pāśupatīṃ prāpya taṃ12 viśanti maheśvaram . .9..

by practicing that over thousands of other births, O great sage, / they attain the supreme light, or even the power of yoga. / This supreme, direct yoga belonging to Maheśvara / was taught in truth by the Lord to those gods who had surrendered. / By fully understanding this, even in this very life, / having obtained the Pāśupata vow, one attains knowledge within six months, / and great power of yoga, O Vyāsa, obtaining which one is liberated. / Putting aside all ordinary duty, through the power of the partless one, / having received the Pāśupata initiation, they enter that Maheśvara.