Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 59
अहंकार स्ततो जातः सत्त्वराजसतामसः । तमो रजस्त्वमापद्य रजः सत्त्वगुणं नयेत्
ahaṃkāra stato jātaḥ sattvarājasatāmasaḥ | tamo rajastvamāpadya rajaḥ sattvaguṇaṃ nayet
அதன்பின் சத்த்வ-ரஜஸ்-தமஸ் இயல்புடைய அகங்காரம் தோன்றியது; தமஸ் ரஜஸை நோக்கிச் செல்லும், ரஜஸ் மீண்டும் சத்த்வகுணத்தை நோக்கி இட்டுச் செல்லும்।
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.