Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 59
अहंकार स्ततो जातः सत्त्वराजसतामसः । तमो रजस्त्वमापद्य रजः सत्त्वगुणं नयेत्
ahaṃkāra stato jātaḥ sattvarājasatāmasaḥ | tamo rajastvamāpadya rajaḥ sattvaguṇaṃ nayet
അതിനുശേഷം സത്ത്വ-രജസ്-തമസ് സ്വഭാവമുള്ള അഹങ്കാരം ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചു; തമസ് രജസ്സിലേക്കു ചായുന്നു, രജസ് വീണ്ടും സത്ത്വഗുണത്തിലേക്കു നയിക്കുന്നു।
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.