8.153
visnu-saktih para prokta
ksetrajnakhya tatha para
avidya-karma-samjnanya
trtiya saktir isyate
SYNONYMS
visnu-saktih—the potency of Lord Visnu; para—spiritual; prokta—it is said; ksetrajna-akhya—the potency known as ksetra-jna; tatha—as well as; para—spiritual; avidya—ignorance; karma—fruitive activities; samjna—known as; anya—other; trtiya—third; saktih—potency; isyate—known thus " ’The original potency of Lord Visnu 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 Visnu Purana (6.7.61).