Skandapurana 7.19.43_101

7.19.43_101

ato vinirgatā dharmā yogavidyāstathaiva ca .
purāṇaṃ prathamaṃ prāhurādyaṃ nandīśvaro57 dvijāḥ (?) ..67. .
- - - - - - khyāto ya imaṃ vetti tattvataḥ .
trivargaḥ prāpyate tena muktiretena jāyate . . 68 . .
āyuḥ pravarddhatenena sarvametena labhyate .
kṛtsnasya jagato viprā ādikartā yathā haraḥ . .69..

From this emerged duties and likewise the sciences of yoga. / O brahmins, Nandīśvara declared this the foremost, primordial Purāṇa. / […] renowned, who knows this in truth: / he attains the three aims of life, and liberation comes through it. / Life is prolonged through it, and everything is obtained through it. / Just as Hara is the primordial creator of the entire world, O brahmins,