[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) › 7.19.p34 # Skandapurana 7.19.p34 Skandapurāṇa 7.19.p34 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.19.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.19.p34) 972 taccāmṛtaṃ samākhyātaṃ jñānalabhyaṃ taducyate . tasmāt paratarā57 nāsti jñānavijñānayorgatiḥ58 . .51 . . jñātvaivaṃ santyajenmohaṃ guṇatrayavikārajam . abhinnasyātmanastasya ṣaḍviṃśasyeśvarasya59 . .52 . . bhedaṃ bhagavataḥ kuryāt konyo yogaviśāradaḥ . nirañjanaṃ nirvikalpaṃ prabhuṃ taṃ na vikalpayet ..5 3 . . vimohāstyaktasaṃsargāḥ kriyākāryavivarjitāḥ . taṃ viśanti maheśānamīśvaravratacāriṇaḥ . .54.. itīdaṃ yogamākhyātaṃ vyāsa māheśvaraṃ tava . samyagīśvarasandhānaṃ60 yadanyatra na vidyate . .55.. sandeho yatra te vipra praṣṭavyaṃ yacca manyase . tad brahman paripṛcchāśu nāvaktavyaṃ tavāsti me ..56 .. iti skandapurāṇe pāśupatayogavarṇane yogavidhāvaṣṭamoyamekāśītyuttara61 śatatamodhyāyaḥ62 > 972 > And that is proclaimed as the immortal nectar; it is declared to be attainable through knowledge. > There is no higher goal of knowledge and discernment than that. (51) > Having understood this thus, one should abandon delusion born from the transformation of the three qualities. > Of that indivisible Self, the twenty-sixth \[principle\], the Lord, (52) > who else adept in yoga would make a division from the Blessed Lord? > One should not imagine diversity in that spotless, indeterminate master. (53) > Free from delusion, with associations abandoned, devoid of actions and duties, > those who observe the vow of the Lord enter into that great Lord. (54) > Thus this Māheśvara yoga has been declared to you, Vyāsa, > which is the correct union with the Lord, such as is found nowhere else. (55) > Whatever doubt you have, O brahmin, and whatever you consider should be asked, > ask that at once, O holy one; I have nothing that cannot be told to you. (56) > Thus ends the one hundred and eighty-first chapter in the Skandapurāṇa, in the description of Pāśupata yoga, on the rules of yoga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.19.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.19.p33) - [Next: 7.19.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.19.p35) - [Up: 7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.19) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.19.p34) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.19.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.19.p34) · Pramāṇa