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Shiva Purana

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प्रकृतेश्च महानासीन्महतश्च गुणास्त्रयः ॥ अहंकारस्ततो जातस्त्रिविधो गुणभेदतः ॥ ५६ ॥

From Prakṛti came into being the Mahat (cosmic Intellect), from Mahat the three Guṇas. Ahaṃkāra (the cosmic ego) arose therefrom in three forms according to the three Guṇas.

english translation

तन्मात्राश्च ततो जातः पञ्चभूतानि वै तता ॥ तदैव तानीन्द्रियाणि ज्ञानकर्ममयानि च ॥५७॥

The Essences, the five elements, the senses of knowledge and action too came into being then.

english translation

तत्त्वानामिति संख्यानमुक्तं ते ऋषिसत्तम ॥ जडात्मकञ्च तत्सर्वं प्रकृतेः पुरुषं विना ॥५८॥

O most excellent of sages, I have thus enumerated the principles. All these principles originating from Prakṛti are insentient. but not the Puruṣa. These principles are twenty-four in number.

english translation

तत्तदैकीकृतं तत्त्वं चतुर्विंशतिसंख्यकम्॥ शिवेच्छया गृहीत्वा स सुष्वाप ब्रह्मरूपके ॥५९॥

Viṣṇu, the Puruṣa, accepted all these, as was the will of Śiva, and began his sleep in the Brahman.

english translation