[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\_92 # Skandapurana 7.18.89\_92 Skandapurāṇa 7.18.89\_92 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.18.89\_92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_92) 932 varaṃ tattvamathānveṣṭuṃ guṇātītamajaṃ śivam . sākṣād bhagavataḥ śiṣyaṃ32 kapilasyāsuriṃ munim ..8.172.60 .. śiṣyatvenopasaṃgamya mokṣavidyāmavāptavān33 . prakṛtīnāṃ paraṃ tattvaṃ vikārāṇāṃ paraṃ tathā .. 61 .. kṣetrajñaṃ puruṣaṃ jñātvā bhoktāraṃ bhoktṛvarjitam . mokṣavidyāparārthajñaḥ sāṃkhyasiddhāntapāragaḥ . .62 .. siddhaḥ pañcaśikho nāmnā sobhavanmunisattama34 . sa yogaṃ35 paramaṃ labdhvā sāṃkhyācāryo mahāmuniḥ . duḥkhatrayavinirmuktaḥ prāptavān padamavyayam . .63 .. śrīmānevaṃ tribhuvanaripurdaityarājo mahātmā kṛtvā vairaṃ vibudhaguruṇā viṣṇunā dīrghakālam . siddhaḥ paścājjagadabhayadaḥ prāptayogaśca bhūtvā muktaḥ paścāt36 sa padamamṛtaṃ37 brahma cādyaṃ hyavāpa . .64.. kṣetrajñaboddhā guṇaviprayukto38 duḥkhairvihīno bhavapāśabandhaiḥ . tāmisramohapratibandhamukto39 yogośvarosau ditijādhipobhūt ..65. . evaṃ tām̐śchinnapakṣām̐stu girīn sarvān purandaraḥ . pracakāra muniśreṣṭha prāk pṛṣṭo yadahaṃ tvayā ..6 6.. iti skandapurāṇe prahrādacarite parvatapakṣacchedonāmā dvisaptatyadhikaśatatamodhyāyaḥ40 > Then, in order to seek the supreme reality—the unborn, auspicious Śiva beyond the qualities— / he approached as a disciple the sage Āsuri, the direct disciple of the blessed Kapila, > and obtained from him the wisdom of liberation. / Realizing the supreme principle beyond primal matters and modifications, > and the conscious soul, the knower of the field, the experiencer who is detached from experiencing, / knowing the ultimate goal of the wisdom of liberation and mastering the doctrines of Sāṃkhya, > he became a perfected sage, best of munis, named Pañcaśikha. / Attaining supreme yoga, that great sage, a master of Sāṃkhya, / freed from the threefold suffering, attained the imperishable abode. > Thus the glorious, great-souled king of the Daityas, an enemy of the three worlds, / after long hostility with Viṣṇu, the preceptor of the gods, / subsequently became a perfected being, granter of fearlessness to the universe, and attained yoga; / freed at last, he reached the immortal state, the primordial Brahman. > Knowing the soul, detached from the gunas, freed from sorrows and the bondages of worldly existence, / liberated from the obstruction of darkness and delusion, that lord of the Daityas became a master of yoga. > In this manner Purandara cut the wings of all those mountains, / O best of sages, as you had previously asked me." > Thus ends the one hundred and seventy-second chapter, entitled "The Severing of the Mountains' Wings" in the story of Prahrāda, in the Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.18.89\_91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_91) - [Next: 7.18.89\_93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_93) - [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_92) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_92) · Pramāṇa