Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 122
यथा सत्त्वं संभवति सत्त्वयुक्तभवं नराः । राजसाश्च तथा ज्ञेयास्ता मसाश्चैव ते द्विजाः
yathā sattvaṃ saṃbhavati sattvayuktabhavaṃ narāḥ | rājasāśca tathā jñeyāstā masāścaiva te dvijāḥ
جس طرح سَتْو اُبھرتا ہے، اسی طرح لوگ سَتْو سے یُکت بھاو کے ساتھ جنم لیتے ہیں؛ اسی طرح انہیں راجس اور تامس بھی سمجھو—اے دْوِج!
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvijas
Scene: Three archetypal figures: a serene sāttvika ascetic, an active rājasa householder/warrior, and a lethargic tāmasa figure; behind them, subtle tri-color aura indicating guṇas; sages point in instruction.
FAQs
Embodied dispositions and births are shaped by the three guṇas; spiritual practice aims at rising beyond their conditioning.
The Kedāra setting contextualizes this guṇa-teaching as groundwork for liberation through Śiva.
No ritual is prescribed; it is a doctrinal classification of beings by guṇa predominance.