Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 69
तस्माद्बुद्धिमुकैस्त्वतैः सात्त्विकैर्देवतां भजेत् । राजसैर्मानवत्वं च तामसैः स्थाणुयोनिता
tasmādbuddhimukaistvataiḥ sāttvikairdevatāṃ bhajet | rājasairmānavatvaṃ ca tāmasaiḥ sthāṇuyonitā
तस्माद्बुद्धिप्रबोधयुक्तैः सात्त्विकैर्भावैर्देवताभावं भजेत्। राजसैर्मानुषत्वं प्राप्नोति, तामसैः स्थाणुयोनितां पतति।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention)
Scene: A vertical cosmological chart: at top devas in luminous realm; middle humans in earthly scene; bottom immobile beings as trees/rocks; a traveler’s path rises with white light (sattva) and sinks with dark weight (tamas).
FAQs
Inner qualities shape destiny: sattva elevates, rajas keeps one in human striving, and tamas drags consciousness toward inert or lower states.
No site is mentioned; the teaching is philosophical (guṇa-based cosmology) rather than a tīrtha-māhātmya passage.
No specific ritual is stated; the implied practice is cultivation of sattva through disciplined, dhārmic living.