Skandapurana 7.19.43_99

7.19.43_99

śāṃkarajñānasaṃpanna51 īśvare layamāpsyasi52 .
evamuktaḥ sa viprendro hṛṣṭasarvatanūruhaḥ ..8.183.6 0 . .
upasadya munīndraṃ taṃ bhasmasaṃskāramāptavān .
tatkṣaṇāccāsya yogosau prādurbhūto mahāmuneḥ . .61 . .
abhivādya guruṃ vyāso brahmasūnuṃ mahaujasam .
śarvāyatanavīkṣārthaṃ vicacāra mahītale . .62 . .
vāyuruvāca 53
evaṃ sanatkumārastu pṛṣṭo vyāsena dhīmatā .
munīndraḥ kathayāmāsa purāṇaṃ skandasaṃbhavam .. 63 . .
sarvāgamasamāyuktaṃ manvantarajagatsthitim .
śivayogodbhavaṃ dhyānaṃ sarvajñānārṇavaṃ mahat ..64. .
tasmādyūyamapi jñātvā54 vrataṃ pāśupataṃ dvijāḥ .
abhyasya śāṃkaraṃ55 yogamīśvare layamāpnuta ..65 . .
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46 yogāt māṃ - kha. . 47 brahmāṇḍe bhavakāraṇe - kha. . 48 purāṇā (ṇa) ñca - kha . 49 ..mimaṃ - kha. . 50 lokasthitikaraṃ - kha. . 51 śaṅkarajñāsaṃpanna - kha. . 52 layameṣyasi (?) . 53 sūta uvāca (?) . 54 prāpya - kha. . 55 śaṅkaraṃ - kha .
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endowed with the knowledge of Śaṃkara, you will attain dissolution in Īśvara.” / Addressed thus, that best of brahmins, all the hair on his body bristling with joy, / approached that chief of sages and received the rite of ashes. / And at that moment this yoga manifested for that great sage. / Having paid homage to his guru, the mighty son of Brahmā, Vyāsa / wandered upon the earth to view the abodes of Śarva. / Vāyu said: / Thus asked by the wise Vyāsa, Sanatkumāra, / the chief of sages, related the Purāṇa originating from Skanda, / endowed with all Āgamas, treating the Manvantara and the maintenance of the world, / arising from Śiva-yoga, [concerning] meditation, a great ocean of all knowledge. / Therefore you too, O twice-born, having known the Pāśupata observance / and practiced Śaiva yoga, attain dissolution in Īśvara!