Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 122
यथा सत्त्वं संभवति सत्त्वयुक्तभवं नराः । राजसाश्च तथा ज्ञेयास्ता मसाश्चैव ते द्विजाः
yathā sattvaṃ saṃbhavati sattvayuktabhavaṃ narāḥ | rājasāśca tathā jñeyāstā masāścaiva te dvijāḥ
De même que le sattva se manifeste, les êtres naissent pourvus de sattva ; de même, il faut les comprendre comme rājasa ou comme tāmasa—ainsi en est-il, ô deux-fois-nés.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvijas
Scene: Three archetypal figures: a serene sāttvika ascetic, an active rājasa householder/warrior, and a lethargic tāmasa figure; behind them, subtle tri-color aura indicating guṇas; sages point in instruction.
FAQs
Embodied dispositions and births are shaped by the three guṇas; spiritual practice aims at rising beyond their conditioning.
The Kedāra setting contextualizes this guṇa-teaching as groundwork for liberation through Śiva.
No ritual is prescribed; it is a doctrinal classification of beings by guṇa predominance.