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# Skandapurana 1.4.53: adhyāyaḥ 55

Skandapurāṇa 1.4.53

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### adhyāyaḥ 55

### [1.4.53.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.1)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

> Sūta said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.2)

iti bābhravyavacanamākarṇya kurunandanaḥ ..

> Having heard this speech of Bābhravya, the joy of the Kurus \[Arjuna\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.3)

prāṇamannāradaṃ bhaktyā vismitaḥ pulakānvitaḥ .. 1 ..

> amazed and with hair standing on end, bowed to Nārada with devotion. (1)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.4)

praśasya ca ciraṃ kālaṃ punarnāradamabravīt .. 2 ..

> And having praised him for a long time, he spoke again to Nārada: (2)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.5)

guptakṣetrasya māhātmyaṃ śṛṇvānastvanmukhānmune ..

> "Hearing the māhātmya of the secret sacred field (Guptakṣetra) from your mouth, O sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.6)

tṛptiṃ naivādhigacchāmi bhūyastadvaktumarhasi .. 3 ..

> I do not reach satisfaction at all; you should tell it further." (3)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.7)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

> Nārada said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.8)

mahāliṃgasya vakṣyāmi mahimānaṃ kurūdvaha ..

> "I shall tell of the greatness of the great liṅga, O best of the Kurus;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.9)

gautameśvara liṃgasya sāvadhānaḥ śṛṇuṣva tat .. 4 ..

> listen with attention to that of the Gautameśvara liṅga. (4)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.10)

akṣapādo mahāyogī gautamākhyo'bhavanmuniḥ ..

> There was a great yogin named Gautama, \[also called\] Akṣapāda, a sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.11)

godāvarīsamānetā ahalyāyāḥ patiḥ prabhuḥ .. 5 ..

> the bringer of the Godāvarī, the master, husband of Ahalyā. (5)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.12)

gupta kṣetrasya māhātmyaṃ sa ca jñātvā mahottamam ..

> Having known the supreme excellence of the māhātmya of the secret sacred field,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.13)

yogasaṃsādhanaṃ kurvannatra tepe tapo mahat .. 6 ..

> practicing the realization of yoga, he performed great austerity here. (6)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.14)

yogasiddhiṃ tataḥ prāpya gautamena mahātmanā ..

> Then, having attained perfection in yoga (yogasiddhi), the great-souled Gautama  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.15)

atra saṃsthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ gautameśvarasaṃjñayā .. 7 ..

> established here the liṅga by the name of Gautameśvara. (7)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.16)

saṃsnāpyaitanmahāliṃgaṃ candanena vilipya ca ..

> Having bathed this great liṅga and anointed it with sandalwood paste,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.17)

saṃpūjya puṣpairvividhairguggulaṃ dāhayetpuraḥ ..

> having worshiped it with various flowers, one should burn bdellium (guggulu) incense before it;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.18)

sarvapāpavinirmukto rudraloke mahīyate .. 8 ..

> freed from all sins, one is glorified in the world of Rudra. (8)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.19)

.. arjuna uvāca .. ..

> Arjuna said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.20)

yogasvarūpamicchāmi śrotuṃ nārada tattvataḥ ..

> "I wish to hear the true nature of yoga accurately, O Nārada,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.21)

yogaṃ sarve praśaṃsaṃti yataḥ sarvottamottamam .. .. 9 ..

> since all praise yoga as the highest of all the highest." (9)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.22)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

> Nārada said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.23)

samāsāttava vakṣyāmi yogatattvaṃ kurūdvaha ..

> "I shall tell you briefly the true principle of yoga, O best of the Kurus,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.24)

śravaṇādapi nairmalyaṃ yasya syātsevanātkimu .. 1.2.55.10 ..

> by the mere hearing of which purity arises, how much more by its practice! (10)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.25)

cittavṛttinirodhākhyaṃ yogatattvaṃ prakīrtyate..

> The true principle of yoga is proclaimed as the cessation of the modifications of the mind;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.26)

tadaṣṭāṃgaprakāreṇa sādhayaṃtīha yoginaḥ..11..

> yogins accomplish it here by means of the eightfold path. (11)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.27)

yamaśca niyamaścaiva prāṇāyāmastṛtīyakaḥ..

> Restraint (yama), observance (niyama), and breath control (prāṇāyāma) as the third;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.28)

pratyāhāro dhāraṇā ca dhyeyaṃ dhyānaṃ ca saptamam .. 12 ..

> withdrawal \[of the senses\] (pratyāhāra), concentration (dhāraṇā), the object of meditation, and meditation (dhyāna) as the seventh;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.29)

samādhiriti cāṣṭāṃgo yogaḥ saṃparikīrtitaḥ ..

> and absorption (samādhi)—thus is yoga proclaimed to have eight limbs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.30)

pratyekaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ teṣāmaṣṭānāṃ śṛṇu pāṃḍava .. .. 13 ..

> Listen, O son of Pāṇḍu, to the definition of each of these eight,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.31)

anukramānnaro yeṣāṃ sādhanādyogamaśnute ..

> by practicing which in proper order a person attains yoga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.32)

ahiṃsā satyamasteyaṃ brahmacaryāparigrahau ..14..

> Non-violence, truthfulness, non-stealing, celibacy, and non-possessiveness:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.33)

ete paṃca yamāḥ proktāḥ śṛṇveṣāmapi lakṣaṇam ..

> these are declared to be the five restraints. Hear their definitions too.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.34)

ātmavatsarvabhūteṣu yo hitāya pravartate .. 15 ..

> He who acts for the benefit of all living beings as for himself—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.35)

ahiṃsaiṣā samākhyātā vedasaṃvihitā ca yā ..

> this, which is also ordained by the Veda, is declared to be non-violence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.36)

dṛṣṭaṃ śrutaṃ cānumitaṃ svānubhūtaṃ yathārthataḥ .. 16 ..

> What is seen, heard, inferred, or personally experienced, when spoken accurately,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.37)

kathanaṃ satyamityuktaṃ parapīḍāvivarjitam ..

> free from harm to others, is called truthfulness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.38)

anādānaṃ parasvānāmāpadyapi kathaṃcana .. 17 ..

> Not taking the property of others, even in times of distress,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.39)

manasā karmaṇā vācā tadasteyaṃ prakīrtitam ..

> in thought, word, or deed—that is proclaimed as non-stealing.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.40)

amaithunaṃ yatīnāṃ ca manovākkāyakarmabhiḥ .. 18 ..

> Abstinence from sexual intercourse for ascetics in thought, speech, and bodily actions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.41)

ṛtau svadāragamanaṃ gehināṃ brahmacaryatā ..

> and approaching one's own wife only during the fertile season for householders, is celibacy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.42)

yatīnāṃ sarvasaṃnyāso manovākkāyakarmaṇā .. 19 ..

> Total renunciation for ascetics in thought, speech, and bodily actions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.43)

gṛhasthānāṃ ca manasā smṛta eṣo'parigrahaḥ ..

> and \[renunciation\] in mind for householders, is remembered as non-possessiveness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.44)

ete yamāstava proktāḥ paṃcaiva niyamāñchṛṇu ..1.2.55.20..

> These restraints have been explained to you; hear now the five observances:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.45)

śaucaṃ tuṣṭistapaścaiva japo bhaktirgurostathā ..

> purity, contentment, austerity, recitation of sacred texts (japa), and devotion to the guru.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.46)

eteṣāmapi paṃcānāṃ pṛthaksaṃśṛṇu lakṣaṇam .. 21 ..

> Hear also the distinct definition of these five.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.47)

bāhyamābhyataraṃ caiva dvividhaṃ śaucamucyate ..

> Purity is said to be of two kinds: external and internal.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.48)

bāhyaṃ tu mṛjjalaiḥ proktamāṃtaraṃ śuddhamānasam .. 22 ..

> External \[purity\] is declared to be by means of earth and water, while internal \[purity\] is a pure mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.49)

nyāyenāgatayā vṛttyā bhikṣayā vārtayāpi ca ..

> By a livelihood acquired through righteous means, by begging alms, or through trade,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.50)

saṃtoṣo yasya satataṃ sā tuṣṭiriti cocyate .. 23 ..

> he who is always satisfied—that is called contentment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.51)

cāṃdrāyaṇādīni punastapāṃsi vihitāni ca ..

> Furthermore, the austerities such as the Cāndrāyaṇa fast that have been prescribed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.52)

āhāralāghavaparaḥ kuryāttattapa ucyate .. 24 ..

> which one devoted to lightness of diet should perform—that is called austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.53)

svādhyāyastu japaḥ proktaḥ praṇavābhyasanādikaḥ ..

> Recitation (japa) is declared to be one's own scriptural study (svādhyāya), beginning with the practice of the Praṇava (Om).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.54)

śive jñāne gurau bhaktirgurubhaktiriti smṛtā .. .. 25 ..

> Devotion toward Śiva, toward knowledge, and toward the guru is remembered as devotion to the guru.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.55)

evaṃ saṃsādhya niyamānsaṃyamāṃśca vicakṣaṇaḥ ..

> Having thus accomplished the observances and the restraints, the wise person,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.56)

prāṇāyāmāya saṃdadhyānnānyathā yogasādhakaḥ .. 26 ..

> the practitioner of yoga, should apply himself to breath control, and not otherwise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.57)

yato'śuciśarīrasya vāyukopo mahānbhavet ..

> For in one whose body is impure, a great vitiation of the wind (vāyu) occurs;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.58)

vāyukopātkuṣṭhatā ca jaḍatvādīnupāśnute .. 27 ..

> from vitiation of the wind, he falls prey to leprosy, dullness, and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.59)

tasmādvicakṣaṇaḥ śuddhaṃ kṛtvā dehaṃ yatetparam ..

> Therefore, the wise practitioner, having purified the body, should make further effort.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.60)

prāṇāyāmasya vakṣyāmi lakṣaṇaṃ śṛṇu pāṃḍava .. 28 ..

> I shall explain the characteristics of breath control; listen, O son of Pāṇḍu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.61)

prāṇāpānanirodhaśca prāṇāyāmaḥ prakīrtitaḥ ..

> Breath control is proclaimed as the restraint of prāṇa and apāna.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.62)

laghumadhyottarīyākhyaḥ sa ca dhīraistridhoditaḥ .. 29 ..

> It is stated by the wise to be threefold, termed light, medium, and superior.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.63)

laghurdvādaśamātrastu mātrā nimiṣa unmiṣaḥ ..

> The light \[measure\] consists of twelve mātrās—a mātrā is the closing and opening of an eye;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.64)

dviguṇo madhyamaścoktastriguṇaścottamaḥ smṛtaḥ .. 1.2.55.30 ..

> the medium is said to be twice that, and the superior is remembered as three times \[that\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.65)

prathamena jayetsvedaṃ madhyamena tu vepathum ..

> With the first, one should conquer perspiration; with the medium, trembling;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.66)

viṣādaṃ ca tṛtīyena jayeddoṣānanukramāt .. 31 ..

> and with the third, dejection: one should overcome the defects in order.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.67)

padmākhyamāsanaṃ kṛtvā recakaṃ pūrakaṃ tathā ..

> Assuming the posture called the lotus (padmāsana), with exhalation (recaka), inhalation (pūraka),  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.68)

kuṃbhakaṃ ca sukhāsīnaḥ prāṇāyāmaṃ tridhā'bhyaset .. 32 ..

> and retention (kumbhaka), seated comfortably, one should practice the threefold breath control.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.69)

prāṇānāmupasaṃrodhātprāṇāyāma iti smṛtaḥ ..

> Because of the restraint (upasaṃrodha) of the breaths (prāṇas), it is remembered as prāṇāyāma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.70)

yathā parvatadhātūnāṃ dhmātānāṃ dahyate malaḥ .. 33 ..

> Just as the impurity of mountain minerals is burned away when smelted,  
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### [1.4.53.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.71)

tatheṃdriyavṛto doṣaḥ prāṇāyāmena dahyate ..

> so the defect clinging to the senses is burned away by breath control.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.72)

gośataṃ kāpilaṃ dattvā yatphalaṃ tatphalaṃ bhavet .. 34 ..

> Whatever fruit is attained by giving a hundred tawny cows, that very fruit  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.73)

prāṇāyāmena yogajñastasmātprāṇaṃ sadā yamet ..

> is attained by breath control; therefore, the knower of yoga should always restrain the breath.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.74)

prāṇāyāmena siddhyanti divyāḥ śāntyādayaḥ kramāt .. .. 35 ..

> By breath control, divine states such as peace (śānti) are accomplished in order:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.75)

śāṃtiḥ praśāntirdīptiśca prasādaśca yathākramam .. sa  
hajāgaṃtukāmānāṃ pāpānāṃ ca pravartatām ..36..

> peace (śānti), profound peace (praśānti), illumination (dīpti), and clarity (prasāda) in succession. / When inborn and adventitious desires and sins arise,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.76)

vāsanāśāṃtirityākhyaḥ prathamo jāyate guṇaḥ ..

> the first quality is born, known as the pacification of latent impressions (vāsanāśānti).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.77)

lobhamohātmakāndoṣānnirākṛtyaiva kṛtsnaśaḥ .. 37 ..

> Having utterly eliminated defects consisting of greed and delusion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.78)

tapasāṃ ca yadā prāptiḥ sā śāṃtiriti cocyate ..

> when austerities are attained, that is called peace (śānti).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.79)

sarvendriyaprasādaśca buddhervai marutāmapi .. 38 ..

> The serenity of all the senses, of the intellect, and indeed of the vital airs—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.80)

prasāda iti sa proktaḥ prāpyamevaṃ catuṣṭayam ..

> that is proclaimed as clarity (prasāda). Thus is the fourfold set to be attained.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.81)

evaṃphalaṃ sadā yogī prāṇāyāmaṃ samabhyaset .. 39 ..

> Possessing such fruit, the yogin should always practice breath control.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.82)

mṛdutvaṃ sevyamānāstu siṃhaśārdūlakuṃjarāḥ ..

> Just as lions, tigers, and elephants, when attended to,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.83)

yathā yānti tathā prāṇo vaśyo bhavati sādhitaḥ .. 1.2.55.40 ..

> come to gentleness, so the prāṇa, when mastered, becomes obedient.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.84)

prāṇāyāmastvayaṃ proktaḥ pratyāhāraṃ tataḥ śṛṇu ..

> This breath control has been explained; hear next about sense-withdrawal (pratyāhāra).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.85)

viṣayeṣu pravṛttasya cetaso vinivartanam .. 41 ..

> The turning back of the mind when it has engaged with sense objects—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.86)

pratyāhāraṃ vinirdiṣṭatasya saṃyamanaṃ hi yat ..

> that restraining of it is designated as sense-withdrawal.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.87)

pratyāhārastvayaṃ prokto dhāraṇālakṣaṇaṃ śṛṇu .. 42 ..

> This withdrawal of the senses has been explained; hear the characteristic of concentration (dhāraṇā).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.88)

yathā toyārthinastoyaṃ patranālādibhiḥ śanaiḥ ..

> Just as those desiring water would slowly drink water  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.89)

āpibeyustathā vāyuṃ yogī nayati sādhitam .. 43 ..

> through a lotus reed or the like, so the yogin directs the conquered breath.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.90)

prāgnābhyāṃ hṛdaye vāyuratha tālau bhruvoṃ'tare ..

> First in the navel, \[then\] in the heart, then the breath in the palate, \[and\] between the eyebrows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.91)

caturdale ṣaḍdaśe ca dvādaśe ṣoḍaśadvike .. 44 ..

> in the \[lotus\] of four petals, and of ten, of twelve, and twice sixteen,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.92)

ākuṃcanenaiva mūrddhamunnīya pavanaṃ śanaiḥ ..

> drawing up the breath slowly toward the head by contraction alone,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.93)

mūrdhani brahmaraṃdhre taṃ prāṇaṃ saṃdhārayetkṛtī .. 45 ..

> the accomplished practitioner should fix that vital breath in the aperture of Brahmā at the crown of the head.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.94)

prāṇāyāmā daśa dvau ca dhāraṇaiṣā prakīrtyate ..

> Twelve breath controls (prāṇāyāmas) are proclaimed to be this concentration.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.95)

daśaitā dhāraṇāḥ sthāpya prāpnotyakṣarasāmyatām .. 46 ..

> Establishing these ten concentrations, he attains equality with the imperishable.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.96)

dhāraṇāsthasya yaddhyeyaṃ tasya tvaṃ śṛṇu lakṣaṇam ..

> Hear the definition of that object of meditation which belongs to one established in concentration:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.97)

dhyeyaṃ bahuvidhaṃ pārtha yasyāṃto nopalabhyate .. 47 ..

> The object of meditation is of many kinds, O Pārtha; its end cannot be found.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.98)

kecicchivaṃ hariṃ kecitkecitsūryaṃ vidhiṃ pare ..

> Some \[meditate\] on Śiva, some on Hari, some on Sūrya, others on Vidhi (Brahmā),  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.99)

keciddevīṃ mahadbhūtāmuta dhyāyanti kecana .. 48 ..

> some on the Goddess, while others meditate on the great element.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.100)

tatra yo yacca dhyāyeta sa ca tatra pralīyate ..

> There, whatever one meditates upon, into that he dissolves.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.101)

tasmātsadā śivaṃ devaṃ paṃcavaktraṃ haraṃ smaret .. 49 ..

> Therefore, one should always remember God Śiva, five-faced Hara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.102)

padmāsanasthaṃ taṃ gauraṃ bījapūrakaraṃ sthitam ..

> seated in the lotus posture, fair, holding a citron fruit in hand,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.103)

daśahastaṃ suprasannavadanaṃ dhyānamāsthitam .. 1.2.55.50 ..

> having ten hands, with an exceedingly gracious face, absorbed in meditation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.104)

dhyeyametattava proktaṃ tasmāddhyānaṃ samācaret ..

> This object of meditation has been declared to you; therefore, one should practice meditation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.105)

dhyānasya lakṣaṇaṃ caitannimeṣārdhamapi sphuṭam .. 51 ..

> And this is the characteristic of meditation: even for half a twinkling of an eye, clearly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.106)

na pṛthagjāyate dhyeyāddhāraṇāṃ yaḥ samāsthitaḥ ..

> he who is established in concentration does not become separate from the object of meditation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.107)

evametāṃ durārohāṃ bhūmimāsthāya yogavit .. 52 ..

> Having thus mounted this plane that is hard to ascend, the knower of yoga  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.108)

na kiṃcicciṃtayetpaścātsamādhiriti kīrtyate ..

> should thereafter think of nothing at all; that is proclaimed to be absorption (samādhi).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.109)

samādherlakṣaṇaṃ samyagbruvato me niśāmaya .. 53 ..

> Hear the characteristic of absorption as I describe it properly:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.110)

śabdasparśarasairhīnaṃ gaṃdharūpavivarjitam ..

> Free of sound, touch, and taste, devoid of smell and form,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.111)

paraṃ puruṣaṃ saṃprāptaḥ samādhisthaḥ prakīrtitaḥ .. 54 ..

> having reached the Supreme Person, one is proclaimed to be established in absorption.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.112)

tāṃ tu prāpya naro vighnairnābhibhūyeta karhicit ..

> Reaching that \[state\], a man is never overcome by obstacles,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.113)

samādhisthaśca duḥkhena guruṇāpi na cālyate ..55..

> and established in absorption he is not shaken even by severe sorrow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.114)

śaṃkhādyāḥ śataśastasya vādyante yadi karṇayoḥ ..

> Even if conches and the like are sounded by the hundreds in his ears,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.115)

bheryaśca yadi hanyaṃte śabdaṃ bāhyaṃ na viṃdati .. 56 ..

> and kettledrums are struck, he does not perceive external sound.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.116)

kaśāprahārābhihato vahnidagdhatanustathā ..

> Struck by blows of a whip, his body burned by fire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.117)

śītāḍhyeva sthito ghore sparśaṃ bāhyaṃ na vindati .. .. 57 ..

> or standing in terrible, extreme cold, he does not perceive external touch.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.118)

rūpe gaṃdhe rase bāhye tādṛśasya tu kā kathā ..

> What need to speak of external form, smell, or taste for such a person?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.119)

dṛṣṭvā ya ātmanātmānaṃ samādhiṃ labhate punaḥ .. 58 ..

> He who, having seen the Self by the self, attains absorption once again,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.120)

tṛṣṇā vātha bubhukṣā vā bādhete taṃ na karhicit .. 59 ..

> neither thirst nor hunger ever afflicts him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.121)

na svarge na ca pātāle mānuṣye kva ca tatsukham ..

> Neither in heaven nor in Pātāla, nor anywhere among mortals is there that happiness  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.122)

samādhiṃ niścalaṃ prāpya yatsukhaṃ viṃdate naraḥ .. 1.2.55.60 ..

> which a man finds upon attaining unshakeable absorption.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.123)

evamārūḍhayogasya tasyāpi kurunadana ..

> Even for one who has thus ascended in yoga, O joy of the Kurus,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.124)

paṃcopasargāḥ kaṭukāḥ pravartaṃte yathā śṛṇu .. 61 ..

> five bitter obstacles arise; hear how they occur:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.125)

prātibhaḥ śrāvaṇo daivo bhramāvarto'tha bhīṣaṇaḥ ..

> the intuitive (prātibha), the auditive (śrāvaṇa), the divine (daiva), the whirlpool of confusion (bhramāvarta), and the terrifying (bhīṣaṇa).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.126)

pratibhā sarvaśāstrāṇāṃ prātibho'yaṃ ca sāttvikaḥ .. 62 ..

> Intuition (pratibhā) regarding all scriptures is this intuitive obstacle, and it is sāttvika;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.127)

tena yo madamādadyādyogī śīghraṃ ca cetasaḥ ..

> through it, the yogin would quickly acquire pride of mind. / Hearing from thousands of yojanas away is the auditive obstacle;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.128)

yojanānāṃ sahasrebhyaḥ śravaṇaṃ śrāvaṇastu saḥ .. 63 ..

> this is the second \[obstacle\], and it is sāttvika; intoxicated by it, one is ruined.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.129)

dvitīyaḥ sātvikaścāyamasmānmatto vinaśyati .  
aṣṭau paśyati yonīśca devānāṃ daiva ityasau .. 64 ..

> That by which he sees the eight realms of the gods is called the divine obstacle;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.130)

ayaṃ ca sāttviko doṣo madādasmādvinaśyati ..

> this too is a sāttvika flaw; from pride in it, he is ruined.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.131)

āvarta iva toyasya janāvarte yadākulaḥ .. 65 ..

> When he is agitated in the whirlpool of people, like a whirlpool in water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.132)

āvartākhyastvayaṃ doṣo rājasaḥ sa mahābhayaḥ ..

> this flaw is called the whirlpool (āvarta); it is rājasika and full of great terror.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.133)

bhrāmyate yannirālambaṃ mano doṣaiśca yoginaḥ .. 66 ..

> Because the yogin's unsupported mind wanders through flaws,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.134)

samastādhāravibhraṃśādbhramākhyastāmaso guṇaḥ ..

> due to falling away from all foundations, it is a tāmasika quality called confusion (bhrama).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.135)

etairnāśitayogāśca sakalā devayonayaḥ .. 67 ..

> With their yoga destroyed by these, all classes of divine beings  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.136)

upasargairmahāghorairāvartyaṃte punaḥ punaḥ ..

> are swept around again and again by these exceedingly terrible obstacles.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.137)

prāvṛtya kaṃbalaṃ śuklaṃ yogī tasmānmanomayam .. 68 ..

> Therefore, having wrapped himself in a white blanket consisting of mind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.138)

ciṃtayetparamaṃ brahma kṛtvā tatpravaṇaṃ manaḥ ..

> the yogin should contemplate the supreme Brahman, directing his mind toward it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.139)

āhārāḥ sāttvikāścaiva saṃsevyāḥ siddhimicchatā .. 69 ..

> Sāttvika foods should indeed be consumed by one desiring perfection (siddhi);  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.140)

rājasaistāmasaiścaiva yogī siddhayenna karhicit ..

> by rājasika and tāmasika foods the yogin would never achieve perfection.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.141)

śraddadhāneṣu dāṃteṣu śrotriyeṣu mahātmasu .. 1.2.55.70 ..

> From faithful, self-restrained, Vedic-learned, great-souled men  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.142)

svadharmādanapeteṣu bhikṣā yācyā ca yoginā ..

> who do not deviate from their own duty, alms should be begged by the yogin:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.143)

bhaikṣaṃ yavānnaṃ takraṃ vā payo yāvakameva vā .. 71 ..

> alms-food consisting of barley, or buttermilk, or milk, or barley gruel,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.144)

phalamūlaṃ vipakvaṃ vā kaṇapiṇyākasaktavaḥ ..

> or ripe fruit and roots, broken grains, oil-cake, or roasted grain flour—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.145)

śrutā ityeta āhārā yogināṃ siddhikārakāḥ .. 72 ..

> these foods are taught in tradition as bringing about perfection for yogins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.146)

mṛtyukālaṃ viditvā ca nimittairyogasādhakaḥ ..

> And having recognized the time of death through portents, the practitioner of yoga—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.147)

yogaṃ yuñjīta kālasya vaṃcanārthaṃ samāhitaḥ .. 73 ..

> composed, he should practice yoga in order to deceive death.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.148)

nimittāni ca vakṣyāmi mṛtyuṃ yo vetti yogavit ..

> And I will declare the omens by which a knower of yoga knows death.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.149)

raktakṛṣṇāṃbaradharā gāyaṃtīha satī ca yam .. 74 ..

> He whom a faithful woman wearing red and black garments, singing here,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.150)

dakṣiṇāśāṃ nayennārī svapne so'pi na jīvati ..

> a woman leads toward the southern quarter in a dream—he too does not live.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.151)

nagnaṃ kṣapaṇakaṃ svapne hasamānaṃ pradṛśya ca .. 75 ..

> Having seen in a dream a naked Jain mendicant laughing,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.152)

enaṃ ca vīkṣya valgantaṃ taṃ vidyānmṛtyumāgatam ..

> and seeing him leaping about, one should know that his death has arrived.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.153)

ṛkṣavānarayugyastho gāyanyo dakṣiṇāṃ diśam .. .. 76 ..

> Mounted on a vehicle drawn by bears and monkeys, singing toward the southern direction,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.154)

yāti majjedadhau paṃke gomaye vā na jīvati ..

> one who goes, or sinks down in mud or cow dung, does not live.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.155)

keśāṃgāraistathā bhasmabhujaṃgairnijalāṃ nadīm .. 77 ..

> A river devoid of water, with hair, burning charcoals, and likewise ashes and serpents—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.156)

eṣāmanyatamaiḥ pūrṇāṃ dṛṣṭvā svapne na jīvati ..

> seeing it full of any one of these in a dream, he does not live.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.157)

karālairvikaṭai rūkṣaiḥ puruṣairudyatāyudhaiḥ .. 78 ..

> By dreadful, hideous, rough men with raised weapons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.158)

pāṣāṇaistāḍitaḥ svapne sadyo mṛtyuṃ bhajennaraḥ ..

> struck by stones in a dream, a man instantly meets death.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.159)

sūryodaye yasya śivā krośaṃtī yāti sammukham .. 79 ..

> At sunrise, a man before whom a howling female jackal comes face to face,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.160)

viparītaṃ parītaṃ vā sa sadyo mṛtyumṛcchati ..

> whether moving inversely or circumambulating, he instantly goes to death.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.161)

dīpādhigaṃdhaṃ no vetti vamatyagniṃ tathā niśi .. 1.2.55.80 ..

> He does not perceive the smell of a lamp-flame, and likewise vomits fire at night;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.162)

nātmānaṃ paranetrasthaṃ vīkṣate na sa jīvati ..

> he does not see himself reflected in another's eye—he does not live.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.163)

śakrāyudhaṃ cārdharātre divā vā grahaṇaṃ tathā .. 81 ..

> Indra's weapon \[a rainbow\] at midnight, or likewise an eclipse during the day—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.164)

dṛṣṭvā manyeta sa kṣīṇamātmajīvitamāptavān ..

> having seen it, he should consider that his life has reached its end.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.165)

nāsikā vakratāmeti karṇayornnamanonnatī .. 82 ..

> The nose becomes crooked, and one ear droops while the other rises,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.166)

netraṃ ca vāmaṃ sravati yasya tasyāyurudgatam ..

> and the left eye of someone waters—his life is departed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.167)

āraktatāmeti mukhaṃ jihvā cāpyasitā yadā .. 83 ..

> When the face becomes slightly red, and the tongue turns black,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.168)

tadā prājño vijānīyādāsannaṃ mṛtyumātmanaḥ ..

> then the wise man should know that his own death is near.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.169)

uṣṭrarāsabhayānena svapne yo yāti dakṣiṇām .. 84 ..

> He who in a dream goes toward the southern  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.170)

diśaṃ karṇau pidhāyāpi nirghoṣaṃ śṛṇuyānna ca ..

> direction in a carriage drawn by camels and donkeys, and who, even closing his ears, does not hear a loud sound,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.171)

na sa jīvettathā svapne pati tasya pidhīyate .. 85 ..

> he will not live; likewise in a dream, for him who has fallen the door is closed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.172)

dvāraṃ na cottiṣṭhati ca śubhrā dṛṣṭiśca lohitā ..

> and he does not rise, and his white gaze turns red.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.173)

svapne'gniṃ praviśedyaśca na ca niṣkramate punaḥ .. 86 ..

> He who enters fire in a dream and does not come out again,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.174)

jalapraveśādapi vā tadaṃtaṃ tasya jīvitam ..

> or from entering water \[likewise\]—his life comes to an end then.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.175)

yaścābhihanyate duṣṭairbhūtai rātrāvatho divā .. 87..

> And he who is attacked by wicked spirits at night or by day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.176)

prakṛtairvikṛtairvāpi tasyāsannau yamāṃtakau ..

> whether natural or deformed—Yama and Antaka are near to him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.177)

devatānāṃ gurūṇāṃ ca pitrorjñānavidāṃ tathā .. 88 ..

> Toward the deities, the gurus, parents, and likewise knowers of wisdom,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.178)

nindāmavajñāṃ kurute bhakto bhūtvā na jīvati ..

> if he speaks ill and acts with contempt, though he was once a devotee, he does not live.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.179)

evaṃ dṛṣṭvā nimittāni viparītāni yogavit .. 89 ..

> Having thus seen contrary omens, the knower of yoga,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.180)

dhāraṇāṃ samyagāsthāya samādhāvacalo bhavet ..

> properly resorting to concentration, should become steadfast in absorption.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.181)

yadi necchati te mṛtyuṃ tato nāsau prapadyate .. 1.2.55.90 ..

> If he does not desire death for you, then he does not submit to it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.182)

vimuktimathavā vāṃchedvisṛjedbrahmamūrdhani ..

> Or, if he should desire liberation, he should release \[the breath\] through the crest of the head.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.183)

saṃti dehe vimukte ca upasargāśca ye punaḥ .. 91 ..

> Moreover, when the body is abandoned, whatever impediments  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.184)

yoginaṃ samupāyāṃti śṛṇu tānapi pāṃḍava ..

> approach the yogin—hear about them too, O son of Pāṇḍu:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.185)

aiśānye rākṣasapure yakṣo gandharva eva ca .. 92 ..

> In the realm of Īśāna, in the city of the Rākṣasas, the Yakṣa and the Gandharva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.186)

aindre saumye prajāpatye brāhme cāṣṭasu siddhayaḥ ..

> in that of Indra, of Soma, of Prajāpati, and of Brahmā—in these eight are perfections.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.187)

bhavaṃti cāṣṭau śṛṇu tāḥ pārthivī yā ca taijasī .. 93 ..

> And they are eight—hear them: that of earth, and that of fire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.188)

vāyavī vyomātmikā caiva mānasāhambhavā matiḥ ..

> that of wind, that of space, that of mind, that of ego, and intellect.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.189)

pratyekamaṣṭadhā bhinnā dviguṇā dviguṇā kramāta.94..

> Each is divided eightfold, doubling successively in order:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.190)

pūrve cāṣṭau catuḥṣaṣṭirante śṛṇuṣva tadyathā ..

> eight initially, and sixty-four in the end. Hear them as follows:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.191)

sthūlatā hrasvatā bālyaṃ vārdhakyaṃ yovanaṃ tathā ..95..

> Stoutness, shortness, childhood, old age, and youth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.192)

nānājāti svarūpaṃ ca caturbhirdehadhāraṇam ..

> various species, own-form, and sustaining the body with four \[elements\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.193)

pārthivāṃśaṃ vinā nityamaṣṭau pārthivasiddhayaḥ .. 96 ..

> constantly without the earthy part—these are the eight earthy perfections.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.194)

vijite pṛthivītattve yadaiśānye bhavanti ca ..

> When the element of earth is conquered, these arise in the realm of Īśāna.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.195)

bhūmāviva jale vāso nāturo'rṇavamāpibet .. 97 ..

> Dwelling in water as on dry land, without distress he can drink up the ocean,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.196)

sarvatra jalaprāptiśca api śuṣkaṃ dravaṃ phalam ..

> attaining water everywhere, even a dried fruit becoming liquid,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.197)

tribhirdehasya dharaṇaṃ nadīrvā sthāpayetkare .. 98 ..

> sustaining the body with three \[elements\], or holding rivers in the hand,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.198)

avraṇatvaṃ śarīrasya kāṃtiścāthāṣṭakaṃ smṛtam ..

> woundlessness of the body, and radiance—this is taught as the group of eight.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.199)

aṣṭau pūrvā imāścāṣṭau rākṣasānāṃ pure smṛtāḥ .. 99 ..

> The eight former ones and these eight are taught in the city of the Rākṣasas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.53.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.53.200)

dehādagnivinirmāṇaṃ tattāpabhayavarjanam ..

> Producing fire from the body, freedom from fear of its heat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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## Linked texts (3)

- [Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.40.14) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Śārṅgadharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.sarngadharapaddhati.180.29) — Śārṅgadhara, Sanskrit
- [Prabhañjana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.suddhadvaita.vitthala.prabhanjana.3.49.12) — Viṭṭhalanātha 1518, Sanskrit

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