Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 100
माता प्रकृतिरस्माकं स्वसा बुद्धिर्निगद्यते । अहंकारस्ततो जातो योऽहमित्यनुमीयते
mātā prakṛtirasmākaṃ svasā buddhirnigadyate | ahaṃkārastato jāto yo'hamityanumīyate
پرکرتی کو ہماری ماں کہا گیا ہے اور بدھی کو بہن کہا جاتا ہے۔ اسی سے اہنکار پیدا ہوتا ہے—وہ انا جس کے ذریعے آدمی ‘میں ہوں’ کا گمان کرتا ہے۔
Unspecified (philosophical exposition; speaker not explicit in the excerpt)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: An allegorical tableau: Prakṛti as a maternal figure, Buddhi as a luminous sister, and Ahaṃkāra emerging as a crowned figure labeled ‘I’, with a subtle chain binding the jīva.
FAQs
Understanding the inner constituents of experience (prakṛti, buddhi, ahaṃkāra) helps loosen ego and supports the path to liberation.
The teaching appears within the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra-māhātmya section of Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa.
No external rite is mentioned; the emphasis is on inner discernment (viveka/jñāna).
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