বিষ্ণুশক্তিঃ পরা প্রোক্তা ক্ষেত্রজ্ঞাখ্যা তথা পরা অবিদ্যাকর্মসংজ্ঞান্যা তৃতীযা শক্তিরিষ্যতে
विष्णुशक्तिः परा प्रोक्ता क्षेत्रज्ञाख्या तथा परा अविद्याकर्मसंज्ञान्या तृतीया शक्तिरिष्यते
viṣṇu-śaktiḥ parā proktā kṣetrajñākhyā tathā parā avidyā-karma-saṁjñānyā tṛtīyā śaktir iṣyate
Synonyms
viṣṇu-śaktiḥ—the potency of Lord Viṣṇu; parā—spiritual; proktā—it is said; kṣetrajña-ākhyā—the potency known as kṣetrajña; tathā—as well as; parā—spiritual; avidyā—ignorance; karma—fruitive activities; saṁjñā—known as; anyā—other; tṛtīyā—third; śaktiḥ—potency; iṣyate—known thus..
Translation
" 'The original potency of Lord Viṣṇu is superior or spiritual. The living entity actually belongs to that superior energy, but there is another energy, called the material energy, and this third energy is full of ignorance.'
Purport
This is a quotation from the Viṣṇu Purāṇa (6.7.61).