Skandapurana 7.19.43_60

7.19.43_60

The sage should then hold a razor, an axe, or a trident; / then all his modifications dissolve along with the sense-faculties. // 44
And he perceives Īśvara, the twenty-sixth principle, Brahman residing in his own body; / [whereas] to a dying creature, the dull mind brings fierce [pain]. // 45
Overwhelmed by delusion due to pain, he does not find the real entity of knowledge. / Through this rite, O brahmin, free from all sickness, // 46
one easily ascends to Brahman as if onto the roof of a mansion from the ground. / Having understood the five categories, firmly grounded in the end of suffering, // 47
purified by the five Brahmans, initiated with ash, the twice-born / yogin whose mind is solely on Śaṅkara attains this knowledge. // 48
Without undertaking the Śāṅkara observance, they do not attain even with effort / this Maheśvara yoga, which is partless and the cause of liberation. // 49
Therefore, practicing the Pāśupata observance, O Vyāsa of great intellect, / being devoted to Mahādeva, attain this knowledge! // 50
Other yogins do not thus attain this supreme Brahman, / except those Śiva-yogins who have sought refuge in Mahādeva. // 51
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46 tatrāpasthito (?). 47 mūḍhasmṛti? - ms. ka. 48 gaṇāsthiti - ms. kha. 49 utkrāntābhyastasaṃyamaḥ - ms. kha. 50 tattvaṃ - ms. kha. 51 līyanti - ms. kha. 52 vipadyate - ms. kha. 53 harmyamṛṣṭhe - mss. ka, kha. 54 bhasmanā (?). 55 mūrtikāraṇaṃ - ms. ka, mūrttakāraṇam - ms. kha. 56 śaṃkaram - mss. ka, kha. 57 mahāprajña - ms. kha. 58 cara - ms. kha. 59 daivametat - ms. kha. 60 mahādeva prapannā - ms. ka.
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