Skandapurana 7.13.3

7.13.3

[Various readings]
680
Ashes are superior to wet bathing; in wet [bathing], the destruction of living beings is certain.
One should know wetness as Prakṛti, and Prakṛti as bondage.
For the abandoning of Prakṛti, bathing with ashes is prescribed,
as well as being sky-clad and pure, so that one may never be reborn.
Among yantras, it is the supreme yantra, other than which none exists;
six-limbed, granting all desires, revered by all the worlds,
pure, all-purifying, removing all sins, auspicious,
and increasing austerity—let them practice it with focused minds.
The yantra should be understood as sinless, and that is considered Prakṛti.
Bondage is declared to be threefold, and renunciation itself has its fruit;
therefore, for the abandoning of everything, one should practice this yantra,