Skandapurana 7.19.43_99

7.19.43_99

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!