Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 51
गुणत्रयमयी भार्या प्रकृतिस्तस्य तत्र च । बोधाहंकारकामाश्च क्रोधलोभादयोऽपि च
guṇatrayamayī bhāryā prakṛtistasya tatra ca | bodhāhaṃkārakāmāśca krodhalobhādayo'pi ca
وہاں اُس کی ‘بیوی’ تین گُنوں والی پرکرتی ہے؛ اور وہاں ہی بیداری، اَہنکار، خواہش، نیز غصہ، لالچ وغیرہ بھی موجود ہیں۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)
Scene: A contemplative sage instructs a listener: behind them a symbolic tableau—Prakṛti as a tri-colored (sattva-white, rajas-red, tamas-black) feminine form; around her float personified buddhi, ahaṅkāra, kāma, krodha, lobha as shadowy attendants; the true Self depicted as a luminous, untouched witness.
FAQs
It identifies bondage as association with guṇa-made Prakṛti and inner impulses like ego, desire, anger, and greed.
None; this verse is doctrinal, describing the inner constitution of worldly life.
No explicit ritual is stated; the implied discipline is mastery over guṇas and the inner passions.