Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 74
व्यभजच्चतुरा शीतिलक्षास्ता जीवयोनयः । सकाशान्मनसस्तद्वदात्मनः प्रभवंति हि
vyabhajaccaturā śītilakṣāstā jīvayonayaḥ | sakāśānmanasastadvadātmanaḥ prabhavaṃti hi
पुढे त्याने त्या जीवयोन्या चौर्याऐंशी लाखांत विभागल्या. त्या मनाच्या सान्निध्यातून—आणि त्याचप्रमाणे आत्म्यापासूनही—निश्चितच उत्पन्न होतात.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention)
Scene: A wheel of 84-lakh births symbolized as many forms around a mandala; at the hub sits the mind (manas) as a charioteer, and behind it a luminous Self (ātman) as the silent witness.
FAQs
The vast range of births is linked to mind and selfhood; mastery and purification of the mind is implied as central to liberation.
No tīrtha is referenced; the verse is cosmological and psychological.
No direct ritual is given; the implied discipline is manonigraha (governance of mind) and sāttvika refinement.