योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
-
book-7, chapter-84, verse-18
दद्यात्स्नायाच्च जुहुयादित्याद्यग्रशरीरिणी ।
चितिशक्तिरनाद्यन्ता तथा भातात्मनात्मनि ॥ १८ ॥
चितिशक्तिरनाद्यन्ता तथा भातात्मनात्मनि ॥ १८ ॥
dadyātsnāyācca juhuyādityādyagraśarīriṇī ,
citiśaktiranādyantā tathā bhātātmanātmani 18
citiśaktiranādyantā tathā bhātātmanātmani 18
18.
She was self-same with the supreme soul, as its power of self-meditation from all eternity; and assumed the shapes of the acts of sacred ablutions, religions, sacrifices, and holy gifts, as her primal forms in vedas. (i.e. The intellectual power.