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# Skandapurana 7.19.p7

Skandapurāṇa 7.19.p7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.19.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.19.p7)

sthito manasi sūkṣmastu śītāṃśurnāma tantukaḥ .  
cetaḥ sa eva saṃproktaḥ sa eva puruṣaḥ smṛtaḥ . . 8.181.10 . .  
ahaṃkārotha jīvastu tanturbhāskarasaṃbhavaḥ10 .  
manaḥ somaḥ sukhaṃ brahmā jñānaṃ11 dharmo12 ratistathā . .1 1 ..

> Situated in the mind, subtle indeed, is the fiber named Śītāṃśu;  
> that alone is declared to be consciousness; that is considered the Puruṣa. // 8.181.10  
> The ego and the living soul are the fiber originating from the sun.  
> Mind is Soma, happiness is Brahmā, knowledge, righteousness, and pleasure; // 11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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