Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 87
स्वभावतः पर्वता भांति नित्यं स्वभावतो वारिधिरेष संस्थितः । स्वभावतो गर्भिणी संप्रसूते स्वभावतोऽमी बहवश्च जीवाः
svabhāvataḥ parvatā bhāṃti nityaṃ svabhāvato vāridhireṣa saṃsthitaḥ | svabhāvato garbhiṇī saṃprasūte svabhāvato'mī bahavaśca jīvāḥ
بحسب طبيعته الذاتية تبدو الجبال قائمةً أبدًا؛ وبحسب طبيعته يبقى هذا المحيط مستقرًّا في موضعه. وبحسب طبيعتها تلدُ الحامل؛ وبحسب طبيعتهم يحيا هؤلاء الكائنات الكثيرة.
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Scene: A triptych-like panorama: immovable mountains, a calm ocean holding its line, and a domestic scene of childbirth; in the foreground, diverse beings (humans, animals, birds) move through life—unified by the caption of svabhāva.
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It underscores the apparent autonomy of natural processes, a theme used in philosophical debate about whether an external ‘doer’ is perceived.
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