Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 59
अहंकार स्ततो जातः सत्त्वराजसतामसः । तमो रजस्त्वमापद्य रजः सत्त्वगुणं नयेत्
ahaṃkāra stato jātaḥ sattvarājasatāmasaḥ | tamo rajastvamāpadya rajaḥ sattvaguṇaṃ nayet
پھر اَہنکار پیدا ہوا، جو ستو، رجس اور تمس کی سرشت رکھتا ہے۔ تمس رجس کی طرف مائل ہوتا ہے، اور رجس آگے چل کر ستو گُن کی طرف لے جاتا ہے۔
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.