Sankhya Karika Verse 70

Sanskrit Verse

एतत् पवित्रमग्र्यं मुनिरासुरयेऽनुकम्पया प्रददौ । आसुरिरपि पञ्चशिखाय तेन बहुधाकृतं तन्त्रम् ॥ ७०॥

Transliteration

etat pavitram agryam muniḥ āsuraye-anukaṃpayā | āsuriḥ api pañcaśikhāya tena ca bahudhā kṛtaṃ tantram ||

Translation

This foremost purifying knowledge the Muni, through compassion, imparted to Asuri ; Asuri, again, to Panchasikha, by whom the System was elaborated in manifold ways.


Reference: Sankhya Karika