Deivatin Kural Vol 2 Pg 791
Meaning of samskara:
After Pralayam unification will happen. Hence efforts to be made to reach there .The sages have laid down forty samskaras and 8 athma gunas for this purpose. When it is said as athma guna and purifying atma through 1/5

Samskaras, it refers to the jivatma as called by dwaithis where jivatma appears to be different than paramatma .ln reality there is only one atma. There is no different atma like jivatma and paramatma .This atma is ever pure .Hence it is wrong to say being purified by 2/5

Samskaras. Atma is nirguna. Therefore calling atma Guna is also wrong. But in reality that nirguna along with Maya has prevented us from knowing that we are that nirguna only . Hence here when atma is referred ,it refers to the jivan as seen by the dualistic principle. 3/5

That atma is impure only . Hence by using Samskaras this has to be purified .This has all dhurgunas. Hence by practicing 8 athma gunas this atma need to be made purified.Once we succeed in this there will be neither any samskaras nor Gunas. There will be an experience of 4/5

self without any difference between jivatma and paramatma. To attain that status only now all the samskaras and the 8 gunas are needed. 5/5