Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 42
अहंकारश्च महता तं चापि प्रकृतिः परा । दशोत्तराणि सर्वाणि षडाहुः सप्तमं च तत्
ahaṃkāraśca mahatā taṃ cāpi prakṛtiḥ parā | daśottarāṇi sarvāṇi ṣaḍāhuḥ saptamaṃ ca tat
अहंकार को महत्तत्त्व ढँकता है, और महत्तत्त्व को परम प्रकृति। ये सब परिमाण में दस गुने-गुने हैं; वे कहते हैं कि ऐसे छह आवरण हैं, और वह प्रकृति सातवाँ है।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages
Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)
Scene: A contemplative diagram-like scene: concentric subtle spheres labeled (ahaṃkāra inside mahat inside prakṛti), with a meditating sage/warrior-listener at the edge; prakṛti shown as a vast dark-gold matrix, mahat as luminous intellect, ahaṃkāra as a small bright knot.
FAQs
Beyond gross elements lie subtler principles (ahaṃkāra, mahat, prakṛti); liberation implies transcending these layers through right knowledge and devotion.
None; this verse is metaphysical/cosmological.
None.