[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 7.18.89\_287 # Skandapurana 7.18.89\_287 Skandapurāṇa 7.18.89\_287 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.18.89\_287](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_287) 967 udbhavotha praṇāśaśca kriyānuṣṭhānameva ca . nimittaṃ cābhavadyonirbhāvāḥ56 saṃkṣepatastvamī ..47 .. īśvarājjāta oṅkāraḥ57 sa ca tasmin pratiṣṭhitaḥ . oṅkārāt sarvamutpannamābrahmabhavanaṃ58 jagat ..48 .. ataḥ kṛtvā mahābhāga yoginaḥ kapilādayaḥ . oṅkāraṃ paramaṃ59 brahma nirvikalpamupāsate . .49. . sa eva sarvago hyātmā kāraṇaṃ ca sa eva tu . evaṃ prakṛtibhūtau tāvoṅkāraprabhavau sthitau60 . .8.180.5 0 . . īśabhojyau guṇātmānau jñāttvā viṣṇupitāmahau . tatsṛṣṭau vedayajñākhyau muktvā dharmanibandhanau ..5 1 . . mahāmohau tamoniṣṭhau61 viṣayāsaṅgasaṃyutau . satvapūrvau rajomadhyau sukhaduḥkhānvitau sadā . .52. . saṃsārabhramaṇau mūḍhau sarvānityasamāyutau . īśvarepsurbhavedvidvān dhyāyogaparāyaṇaḥ . .53 . . tasmāt prakṛtirutpannā tasminneva praṇaśyati . yenāsāvīśvaro vinno yogenātmani saṃsthitaḥ . prakṛtistaṃ na badhnāti mucyate ca bhavārṇavāt . .54. . iti skandapurāṇe pāśupatayogavarṇane dhyānavidhau saptamaḥ aśītyuttaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ > Arising, destruction, the performance of rites, / the instrumental cause, origin, and womb—these are, in brief, her states. > Oṃkāra was born from Īśvara, and it is established in him; / from Oṃkāra everything was born, the universe up to the realm of Brahmā. > Therefore, O fortunate one, yogins such as Kapila / worship Oṃkāra as the supreme, unconditioned Brahman. > He alone is the all-pervading Self, and he alone is the cause. / Thus, knowing Viṣṇu and the Grandfather, who have become Prakṛti and originate from Oṃkāra, > as the objects of enjoyment for the Lord and consisting of the guṇas, / abandoning their creations known as the Vedas and sacrifices which bind through ritual duty, > which are great delusions grounded in darkness (tamas), connected with attachment to sense-objects, / preceded by clarity (sattva), centered in passion (rajas), and ever accompanied by pleasure and pain, > wandering in worldly existence, deluded, and endowed with all that is impermanent— / the wise man, devoted to the yoga of meditation, should yearn for Īśvara. > From him Prakṛti arose, and into him alone she dissolves. / He by whom that Īśvara is known, established in the Self through yoga— / Prakṛti does not bind him, and he is liberated from the ocean of worldly existence. > Thus ends the one hundred and eighty-seventh chapter on the rule of meditation in the description of Pāśupata yoga in the Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.18.89\_286](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_286) - [Next: 7.18.89\_288](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_288) - [Up: 7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.18.89_287) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Skanda Purāṇa (Kumāra Kavi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skandapurana.71.43) — Kumāra Kavi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_287](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_287) · Pramāṇa