Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 59
अहंकार स्ततो जातः सत्त्वराजसतामसः । तमो रजस्त्वमापद्य रजः सत्त्वगुणं नयेत्
ahaṃkāra stato jātaḥ sattvarājasatāmasaḥ | tamo rajastvamāpadya rajaḥ sattvaguṇaṃ nayet
បន្ទាប់មក អហំការ (អត្តាភាព) កើតឡើង មានសភាពជាសត្ត្វៈ រាជសៈ និងតាមសៈ។ តាមសៈលំអៀងទៅរករាជសៈ ហើយរាជសៈវិញ នាំទៅរកគុណសត្ត្វៈ។
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced, Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Scene: Three layered forms of ahaṃkāra: dark heavy base (tamas) rising into red restless middle (rajas) and culminating in white luminous crown (sattva), with an ascetic/pilgrim climbing steps between them.
FAQs
Inner transformation is possible: inertia (tamas) can be stirred into disciplined action (rajas), and action refined into clarity (sattva).
No site is named; the verse is a guṇa-based psychology and cosmology teaching.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; it implies purification through cultivating sattva.