मानससृष्टिः, रुद्रोत्पत्तिः, मन्वादिवंशः, प्रलयचतुष्टयम्
गुणत्रयमयं ह्य् एतद् ब्रह्मञ् छक्तित्रयं महत् यो ऽतियाति स यात्य् एव परं नावर्तते पुनः
guṇatrayamayaṃ hy etad brahmañ chaktitrayaṃ mahat yo 'tiyāti sa yāty eva paraṃ nāvartate punaḥ
婆罗门啊,此广大实相由三德(guṇa)所成,并由三重神力(śakti)所加持;能超越它者,必至至上者处,不再回返。
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
This verse frames the entire manifest order as triguṇic; liberation is defined as going beyond that guṇa-made field to the Para (Supreme), after which there is no return to cyclic existence.
He indicates that the great manifested reality operates through a “threefold power,” aligned with the triguṇic constitution of prakṛti; spiritual attainment requires surpassing this operational domain rather than merely refining it.
In Vaishnava Vedanta, the “Para” ultimately points to Vishnu as the Supreme Reality beyond guṇas; reaching Him is moksha, marked by final freedom from return (punarāvṛtti) into saṃsāra.