[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Shivapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva) › 7.2.37 # Shivapurana 7.2.37 Śivapurāṇa 7.2.37 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [7.2.37.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10) — 52 parts - [7.2.37.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.52) — 2 parts - [7.2.37.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.67) — 1 part ### [7.2.37.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.1) / uktaṃ bhagavatā sarvaṃ śrutaṃ śrutisamaṃ mayā // / idānīṃ śrotumicchāmi yogaṃ paramadurlabham // ### [7.2.37.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.2) / sādhikāraṃ ca sāṃgaṃ ca savidhiṃ saprayojanam // / yadyasti maraṇaṃ pūrvaṃ yogādyanupamardataḥ // ### [7.2.37.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.3) / sadyaḥ sādhayituṃ śakyaṃ yena syānnātmahā naraḥ // / tacca tatkāraṇaṃ caiva tatkālakaraṇāni ca // ### [7.2.37.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.4) / tadbhedatāratamyaṃ ca vaktumarhasi tattvataḥ // / upamanyuruvāca sthāne pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā kṛṣṇa sarvapraśnārthavedinā // ### [7.2.37.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.5) / tataḥ krameṇa tatsarvaṃ vakṣye śṛṇu samāhitaḥ // / niruddhavṛttyaṃtarasyaṃ śive cittasya niścalā // ### [7.2.37.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.6) / yā vṛttiḥ sa samāsena yogaḥ sa khalu pañcadhā // / maṃtrayogaḥsparśayogo bhāvayogastathāparaḥ // ### [7.2.37.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.7) / abhāvayogassarvebhyo mahāyogaḥ paro mataḥ // / maṃtrābhyāsavaśenaiva maṃtravācyārthagocaraḥ // ### [7.2.37.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.8) / avyākṣepā manovṛttirmaṃtrayoga udāhṛtaḥ // / prāṇāyāmamukhā saiva sparśe yogobhidhīyate // ### [7.2.37.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.9) / sa maṃtrasparśanirmukto bhāvayogaḥ prakīrtitaḥ // / vilīnāvayavaṃ viśvaṃ rūpaṃ saṃbhāvyate yataḥ // ### [7.2.37.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10) / 594a ### [7.2.37.10.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p1) abhāvayogaḥ saṃprokto 'nābhāsādvastunaḥ sataḥ // ### [7.2.37.10.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p2) śivasvabhāva evaikaściṃtyate nirupādhikaḥ // ### [7.2.37.10.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p3) yathā śaivamanovṛttirmahāyoga ihocyate // ### [7.2.37.10.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p4) dṛṣṭe tathānuśravike viraktaṃ viṣaye manaḥ // ### [7.2.37.10.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p5) yasya tasyādhikārosti yoge nānyasya kasyacit // ### [7.2.37.10.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p6) viṣayadvayadoṣāṇāṃ guṇānāmīśvarasya ca // ### [7.2.37.10.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p7) darśanādeva satataṃ viraktaṃ jāyate manaḥ // ### [7.2.37.10.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p8) aṣṭāṃgo vā ṣaḍaṃgo vā sarvayogaḥ samāsataḥ // ### [7.2.37.10.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p9) yamaśca niyamaścaiva svastikādyaṃ tathāsanam // ### [7.2.37.10.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p10) prāṇāyāmaḥ pratyāhāro dhāraṇā dhyānameva ca // ### [7.2.37.10.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p11) samādhiriti yogāṃgānyaṣṭāvuktāni sūribhiḥ // ### [7.2.37.10.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p12) āsanaṃ prāṇasaṃrodhaḥ pratyāhārotha dhāraṇā // ### [7.2.37.10.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p13) dhyānaṃ samādhiryogasya ṣaḍaṃgāni samāsataḥ // ### [7.2.37.10.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p14) pṛthaglakṣaṇameteṣāṃ śivaśāstre samīritam // ### [7.2.37.10.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p15) śivāgameṣu cānyeṣu viśeṣātkāmikādiṣu // ### [7.2.37.10.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p16) yogaśāstreṣvapi tathā purāṇeṣvapi keṣu ca // ### [7.2.37.10.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p17) ahiṃsā satyamasteyaṃ brahmacaryāparigrahaḥ // ### [7.2.37.10.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p18) yama ityucyate sadbhiḥ pañcāvayavayogataḥ // ### [7.2.37.10.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p19) śaucaṃ tuṣṭistapaścaiva japaḥ praṇidhireva ca // ### [7.2.37.10.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p20) iti pañcaprabhedassyānniyamaḥ svāṃśabhedataḥ // ### [7.2.37.10.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p21) svastikaṃ padmamadhyeṃduṃ vīraṃ yogaṃ prasādhitam // ### [7.2.37.10.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p22) paryaṃkaṃ ca yatheṣṭaṃ ca proktamāsanamaṣṭadhā // ### [7.2.37.10.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p23) prāṇaḥ svadehajo vāyustasyāyāmo nirodhanam // ### [7.2.37.10.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p24) tadrocakaṃ pūrakaṃ ca kuṃbhakaṃ ca tridhocyate // ### [7.2.37.10.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p25) nāsikāpuṭamaṃgulyā pīḍyaikamapareṇa tu // ### [7.2.37.10.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p26) audaraṃ recayedvāyuṃ tathāyaṃ recakaḥ smṛtaḥ // ### [7.2.37.10.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p27) bāhyena marutā dehaṃ dṛtivatparipūrayet // ### [7.2.37.10.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p28) nāsāpuṭenāpareṇa pūraṇātpūrakaṃ matam // ### [7.2.37.10.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p29) na muṃcati na gṛhṇāti vāyumaṃtarbahiḥ sthitam // ### [7.2.37.10.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p30) saṃpūrṇaṃ kuṃbhavattiṣṭhedacalaḥ sa tu kuṃbhaka // ### [7.2.37.10.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p31) recakādyaṃ trayamidaṃ na drutaṃ na vilaṃbitam // ### [7.2.37.10.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p32) tadyataḥ kramayogena tvabhyasedyogasādhakaḥ // ### [7.2.37.10.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p33) recakādiṣu yobhyāso nāḍīśodhanapūrvakaḥ // ### [7.2.37.10.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p34) svecchotkramaṇaparyaṃtaḥ prokto yogānuśāsane // ### [7.2.37.10.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p35) kanyakādikramavaśātprāṇāyāmanirodhanam // ### [7.2.37.10.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p36) taccaturdhopadiṣṭaṃ syānmātrāguṇavibhāgataḥ // ### [7.2.37.10.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p37) kanyakastu caturdhā syātsa ca dvādaśamātrakaḥ // ### [7.2.37.10.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p38) madhyamastu dviruddhātaścaturviṃśatimātrakaḥ // ### [7.2.37.10.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p39) uttamastu triruddhātaḥ ṣaḍviṃśanmātrakaḥ paraḥ // ### [7.2.37.10.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p40) svedakaṃpādijanakaḥ prāṇāyāmastaduttaraḥ // ### [7.2.37.10.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p41) ānaṃdodbhavaromāṃcanetrāśrūṇāṃ vimocanam // ### [7.2.37.10.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p42) jalpabhramaṇamūrchādyaṃ jāyate yoginaḥ param // ### [7.2.37.10.p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p43) jānuṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya na drutaṃ na vilaṃbitam // ### [7.2.37.10.p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p44) aṃgulīsphoṭanaṃ kuryātsā mātreti prakīrtitā // ### [7.2.37.10.p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p45) 594b ### [7.2.37.10.p46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p46) mātrākrameṇa vijñeyāścodvātakramayogataḥ // ### [7.2.37.10.p47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p47) nāḍīviśuddhipūrvaṃ tu prāṇāyāmaṃ samācaret // ### [7.2.37.10.p48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p48) agarbhaśca sagarbhaśca prāṇāyāmo dvidhā smṛtaḥ // ### [7.2.37.10.p49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p49) japaṃ dhyānaṃ vināgarbhaḥ sagarbhastatsamanvayāt // ### [7.2.37.10.p50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p50) agarbhādgarbhasaṃyuktaḥ prāṇāyāmaḥśatādhikaḥ // ### [7.2.37.10.p51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p51) tasmātsagarbhaṃ kurvanti yoginaḥ prāṇasaṃyamam // ### [7.2.37.10.p52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.10.p52) prāṇasya vijayādeva jīyaṃte deha 1vāyavaḥ // ### [7.2.37.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.35) / prāṇo 'pānaḥ samānaśca hyudāno vyāna eva ca // / nāgaḥ kūrmaśca kṛkalo devadatto dhanaṃjayaḥ // ### [7.2.37.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.36) / prayāṇaṃ kurute yasmāttasmātprāṇo 'bhidhīyate // / avāṅnayatyapānākhyo yadāhārādi bhujyate // ### [7.2.37.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.37) / vyāno vyānaśayatyaṃgānyaśeṣāṇi vivardhayan // / udvejayati marmāṇītyudāno vāyurīritaḥ // ### [7.2.37.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.38) / samaṃ nayati sarvāṃgaṃ samānastena gīyate // / udgāre nāga ākhyātaḥ kūrma unmīlane sthitaḥ // ### [7.2.37.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.39) / kṛkalaḥ kṣavathau jñeyo devadatto vijṛṃbhaṇe // / na jahāti mṛtaṃ cāpi sarvavyāpī dhanaṃjayaḥ // ### [7.2.37.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.40) / krameṇābhyasyamānoyaṃ prāṇāyāmapramāṇavān // / nirdahatyakhilaṃ doṣaṃ karturdehaṃ ca rakṣati // ### [7.2.37.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.41) / prāṇe tu vijite samyak taccihnānyupalakṣayet // / viṇmūtraśleṣmaṇāṃ tāvadalpabhāvaḥ prajāyate // ### [7.2.37.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.42) / bahubhojanasāmarthyaṃ cirāducchvāsanaṃ tathā // / laghutvaṃ śīghragāmitvamutsāhaḥ svarasauṣṭhavam // ### [7.2.37.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.43) / sarvarogakṣayaścaiva balaṃ tejaḥ surūpatā // / dhṛtirmedhā yuvatvaṃ ca sthiratā ca prasannatā // ### [7.2.37.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.44) / tapāṃsi pāpakṣayatā yajñadānavratādayaḥ // / prāṇāyāmasya tasyaite kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm // ### [7.2.37.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.45) / indriyāṇi prasaktāni yathāsvaṃ viṣayeṣviha // / āhatya yannigṛhṇāti sa pratyāhāra ucyate // ### [7.2.37.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.46) / namaḥpūrvāṇīṃdriyāṇi svargaṃ narakameva ca // / nigṛhītanisṛṣṭāni svargāya narakāya ca // ### [7.2.37.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.47) / tasmātsukhārthī matimāñjñānavairāgyamāsthitaḥ // / iṃdriyāśvānnigṛhyāśu svātmanātmānamuddharet // ### [7.2.37.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.48) / dhāraṇā nāma cittasya sthānabandhassamāsataḥ // / sthānaṃ ca śiva evaiko nānyaddoṣatrayaṃ yataḥ // ### [7.2.37.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.49) / kālaṃ kaṃcāvadhīkṛtya sthāne 'vasthāpitaṃ manaḥ // / na tu pracyavate lakṣyāddhāraṇā syānna cānyathā // ### [7.2.37.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.50) / manasaḥ prathamaṃ sthairyaṃ dhāraṇātaḥ prajāyate // / tasmāddhīraṃ manaḥ kuryāddhāraṇābhyāsayogataḥ // ### [7.2.37.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.51) / dhyai ciṃtāyāṃ smṛto dhātuḥ śivaciṃtā muhurmuhuḥ // / avyākṣiptena manasā dhyānaṃ nāma taducyate // ### [7.2.37.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.52) / dhyeyāvasthitacittasya sadṛśaḥ pratyayaśca yaḥ // ### [7.2.37.52.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.52.p1) 1 daśa vāyava iti pāṭhāntaram ### [7.2.37.52.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.52.p2) 595a pratyayāntaranirmuktaḥ pravāho dhyānamucyate // ### [7.2.37.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.53) / sarvamanyatparityajya śiva eva śivaṃkaraḥ // / paro dhyeyo 'dhideveśaḥ samāptātharvaṇī śrutiḥ // ### [7.2.37.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.54) / tathā śivā parā dhyeyā sarvabhūtagatau śivau // / tau śrutau smṛtiśāstrebhyaḥ sarvagau sarvadoditau // ### [7.2.37.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.55) / sarvajñau satataṃ dhyeyau nānārūpavibhedataḥ // / vimuktiḥ pratyayaḥ pūrvaḥ pratyayaścāṇimādikam // ### [7.2.37.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.56) / ityetaddvividhaṃ jñeyaṃ dhyānasyāsya prayojanam // / dhyātā dhyānaṃ tathā dhyeyaṃ yacca dhyānaprayojanam // ### [7.2.37.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.57) / etaccatuṣṭayaṃ jñātvā yogaṃ yuñjīta yogavit // / jñānavairāgyasaṃpannaḥ śraddadhānaḥ kṣamānvitaḥ // ### [7.2.37.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.58) / nirmamaśca sadotsāhī dhyātetthaṃ puruṣaḥ smṛtaḥ // / japācchrāṃtaḥ punardhyāyeddhyānācchrāṃtaḥ punarjapet // ### [7.2.37.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.59) / japadhyanābhiyuktasya kṣipraṃ yogaḥ prasiddhyati // / dhāraṇā dvādaśāyāmā dhyānaṃ dvādaśadhāraṇam // ### [7.2.37.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.60) / dhyānadvādaśakaṃ yāvatsamādhirabhidhīyate // / samādhirnnāma yogāṃgamantimaṃ parikīrtitam // ### [7.2.37.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.61) / samādhinā ca sarvatra prajñālokaḥ pravartate // / yadarthamātranirbhāsaṃ stimito dadhivatsthitam // ### [7.2.37.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.62) / svarūpaśūnyavadbhānaṃ samādhirabhidhīyate // / dhyeye manaḥ samāveśya paśyedapi ca susthiram // ### [7.2.37.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.63) / nirvāṇānalavadyogī samādhisthaḥ pragīyate // / na śṛṇoti na cāghrāti na jalpati na paśyati // ### [7.2.37.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.64) / na ca sparśaṃ vijānāti na saṃkalpayate manaḥ // / navābhimanyate kiṃcidbadhyate na ca kāṣṭavat // ### [7.2.37.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.65) / evaṃ śive vilīnātmā samādhistha ihocyate // / yathā dīpo nivātasthaḥ spandate na kadācana // ### [7.2.37.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.66) / tathā samādhiniṣṭho 'pi tasmānna vicaletsudhīḥ // / evamabhyasataścāraṃ yogino yogamuttamam // ### [7.2.37.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.67) / tadantarāyā naśyaṃti vighnāḥ sarve śanaiḥśanaiḥ // / oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ vāyunaimiṣeyarṣisaṃvāde uttarakhaṇḍe yogagativarṇanaṃ nāma saptatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ ### [7.2.37.67.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.37.67.p1) Chapter 38 upamanyuruvāca ālasyaṃ vyādhayastīvrāḥ pramādaḥ sthānasaṃśayaḥ // ## Other recensions (1) - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.37.1) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (4) - [Yogacintāmaṇi (Śivānanda 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