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# Skandapurana 2.9.30

Skandapurāṇa 2.9.30

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.9.30.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.1)

.. skanda uvāca ..

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

### [2.9.30.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.2)

vāsudevārcanavidhiṃ niśamyetthaṃ sa nāradaḥ ..

> Having heard thus the rite of worship of Vāsudeva, that Nārada,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.3)

prasannaḥ punaraprākṣīttaṃ munīnāṃ paraṃ gurum .. 1 ..

> pleased, asked that supreme teacher of sages again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.4)

nārada uvāca ..

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

### [2.9.30.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.5)

samyagukto bhagavatā kriyāyogo mahāphalaḥ ..

> The yoga of action of great fruit has been properly declared by the Blessed One,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.6)

ekena manasā yo'sau kāryaḥ siddhimabhīpsubhiḥ .. 2 ..

> which is to be performed with a single mind by those desiring perfection.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.7)

manaso nigrahastatra jñānināmapi sadguro ..

> Regarding that, the restraint of the mind even for the wise, O good guru,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.8)

duṣkaraḥ kiṃ punastarhi nṛṇāṃ karmātmanāṃ bhuvi .. 3 ..

> \[since control of the mind is\] hard to accomplish even for men of wisdom, O good guru, how much more then for human beings bound to action on earth?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.9)

tamṛte tu harerarcā nābhīṣṭaphaladāyinī ..

> And without it, the worship of Hari does not grant the desired fruit;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.10)

atastannigrahopāyamapi me vaktumarhasi .. 4 ..

> therefore you ought to tell me the means of controlling it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.11)

skanda uvāca ..

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

### [2.9.30.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.12)

ityāpṛṣṭaḥ sa muninā munīndraḥ sarvadarśanaḥ ..

> Thus questioned by the sage, that lord of sages who sees all,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.13)

nārāyaṇo narasakho nāradaṃ tamabhāṣata .. 5 ..

> Nārāyaṇa, the companion of Nara, spoke to Nārada:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.14)

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca ..

> The venerable Nārāyaṇa said:  
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### [2.9.30.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.15)

satyameva mune vakṣi manasosti balaṃ mahat ..

> Truly indeed, O sage, do you speak: the mind possesses great strength;  
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### [2.9.30.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.16)

jitepi yasminviśvāsaḥ śatruvanna vivekinām .. 6 ..

> even when it is conquered, discriminating people have no trust in it, as in an enemy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.17)

manasā sadṛśonyastu śatrurnnāstyeva dehinām ..

> There is no other enemy equal to the mind for embodied beings;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.18)

viṣṇudhyānābhyāsayogānnirdoṣaṃ taddhi śāmyati .. 7 ..

> yet through the practice of meditation on Viṣṇu, free from defect, it is indeed calmed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.19)

adāntāśvavadevaitadyatosti duravagraham ..

> Because it is difficult to restrain, like an unbroken horse,  
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### [2.9.30.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.20)

ato vairāgyayukpumbhiḥ sadupāyairnigṛhyate .. 8 ..

> it is therefore restrained through good means by men endowed with dispassion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.21)

upāyāstatra bahavaḥ santi teṣvapi sanmate ..

> Many are the means in that regard, and among them, O noble-minded one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.22)

aṣṭāṃgayogasyābhyāsaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ sadyaḥ phalapradaḥ .. 9 ..

> the practice of the eightfold yoga is supreme, immediately yielding its fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.23)

yamāśca niyamā brahmannāsanānyasusaṃyamaḥ ..

> The restraints, observances, O brahmin, postures, breath-control,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.24)

pratyāhāro dhāraṇā ca dhyānamaṃgaṃ tu saptamam ..

> withdrawal of the senses, concentration, and meditation is the seventh limb;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.25)

samādhiścāṣṭamaṃ proktaṃ yogasyānukrameṇa vai .. 2.9.30.10 ..

> and absorption is declared to be the eighth of yoga, in this sequence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.26)

tatrā'hiṃsābrahmacarya satyāsteyāparigrahāḥ ..

> Among these, non-violence, celibacy, truthfulness, non-stealing, and non-possession—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.27)

ete pañca yamāḥ proktāḥ sādhanīyāḥ prayatnataḥ ..11 ..

> these are declared to be the five restraints, to be accomplished with effort.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.28)

śaucaṃ tapaśca saṃtoṣaḥ svādhyāyo viṣṇupūjanam ..

> Purity, austerity, contentment, Vedic recitation, and the worship of Viṣṇu—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.29)

ete ca niyamāḥ pañca dvitīyāṃgatayā matāḥ .. 12 ..

> these five are considered observances as the second limb.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.30)

parihāyāṃgacāñcalyaṃ yathāsukhatayā sthitiḥ ..

> Discarding the restlessness of the limbs, staying at ease—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.31)

tadāsanaṃ svastikādiproktaṃ dvandvārttijinmune .. 13 ..

> that is called posture, such as svastikāsana, which overcomes the affliction of the pairs of opposites, O sage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.32)

caratāṃ sarvato'sūnāmekadeśe tu dhāraṇam ..

> The holding of the vital breaths moving in all directions into a single region,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.33)

gurūpadiṣṭarītyaiva prāṇāyāmaḥ sa ucyate .. 14 ..

> according to the method taught by the guru, is called breath-control.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.34)

cale vāyau calaṃ cittaṃ sthire tasminsthiraṃ tataḥ ..

> When the breath moves, the mind moves; when it is steady, the mind is steady;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.35)

sudeśe'yaṃ sadā'bhyasyaḥ pūrakumbhakarecakaiḥ .. 15 ..

> therefore, this must be practiced always in a suitable place by inhalation, retention, and exhalation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.36)

manasendriyavṛttīnāṃ tattadviṣayataśca yat ..

> The drawing back inward of the mental activities  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.37)

ākarṣaṇaṃ pratīcīnaṃ pratyāhāraḥ sa īritaḥ .. 16 ..

> and of the senses away from their respective objects is declared to be withdrawal of the senses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.38)

nābhyādyanyatame sthāne prāṇena saha cetasaḥ ..

> Fixing the mind along with the vital breath in any place such as the navel,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.39)

vāsudevasvarūpe yaddhāraṇaṃ dhāraṇoditā .. 17 ..

> upon the form of Vāsudeva, is spoken of as concentration.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.40)

ekaikāvayavasyaiva cintanaṃ yatpṛthakpṛthak ..

> The contemplation one by one of each separate limb  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.41)

padābjāderbhagavatastaddhyānamiti kīrtitam .. 18 ..

> of the Lord, such as his lotus-feet, is known as meditation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.42)

nirodhaḥ prāṇamanasoratipremṇā harau tu yaḥ ..

> The restraint of the vital breath and mind with intense love in Hari—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.43)

sa samādhiriti prokto yogināmabhivāñchitaḥ .. 19 ..

> that is declared to be absorption, sought after by yogins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.44)

aṃgairaṣṭabhiretairhi śikṣitaiḥ siddhasadguroḥ ..

> Through these eight limbs learned from an accomplished good guru,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.45)

yogaḥ siddhyati vai puṃsāṃ samādheḥ pakvatātmakaḥ .. 2.9.30.20 ..

> yoga consisting of the maturity of absorption is attained by men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.46)

naitādṛśaṃ paraṃ samyaṅ manonigrahasādhanam..

> There is no other means for the complete restraint of the mind equal to this  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.47)

puruṣāṇāṃ mumukṣūṇāmiti jānīhi nārada .. 21 ..

> for men seeking liberation: know this, O Nārada.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.48)

tapasvināṃ mahāśatrorbrahmāṇḍakṣobhakādapi ..

> Even from Madana, the great enemy of ascetics and shaker of the universe,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.49)

madanānnābhayaṃ kiñcidyoginastvasti karhicit .. 22 ..

> there is never any fear for a yogin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.50)

āyāsyantaṃ vihitvaiva sontakālaṃ ca yogavit ..

> Having known the time of death that is to come,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.51)

svātantryeṇaiva dehaṃ svaṃ tyajatītthaṃ samādhinā .. 23 ..

> the knower of yoga voluntarily casts off his body in this way through absorption:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.52)

pārṣṇibhyāṃ gudamāpīḍya vāyuṃ pādadvayasthitam ..

> Pressing the anus with his heels, drawing up the breath residing in the two feet  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.53)

śanaiḥśanaiḥ samākṛṣya mṛtyusthānaṃ nayatyamum .. 24 ..

> slowly, slowly, he brings it to the seat of death;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.54)

manasā keśavaṃ dhyāyaṃstanmanuṃ ca ṣaḍakṣaram ..

> meditating on Keśava with his mind and reciting his six-syllabled mantra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.55)

japastato'muṃ nayati vāyuṃ sthānaṃ prajāpateḥ .. 25 ..

> he then brings this breath to the place of Prajāpati;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.56)

tato nābhiṃ ca hadayamuraḥ kaṇṭhaṃ ca yogavit ..

> then to the navel, the heart, the chest, and the throat, the knower of yoga  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.57)

nayati bhrukuṭivāyuṃ vāsudevaparāyaṇaḥ .. 26 ..

> dedicated to Vāsudeva brings the breath between the eyebrows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.58)

eteṣu ṣaṭsu sthāneṣu tvekaikasminpṛthakpṛthak ..

> In each of these six places separately,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.59)

yogī prāṇamanokṣāṇāṃ nirodhaṃ ca visarjanam ..

> the yogin practices the restraint and release of the breath, mind, and senses  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.60)

tāvadabhyasati svasya yāvatsyāttatsvatantratā .. 27 ..

> until mastery over it is achieved.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.61)

jitaṃjitaṃ vihāyaiva sthānaṃ yāti paraṃ param ..

> Leaving each place as it is conquered, he proceeds to the next and the next;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.62)

prāptasya sthānakaṃ ṣaṣṭhaṃ tadabhyāse śramo na hi .. 28 ..

> for one who has reached the sixth station, there is indeed no effort in its practice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.63)

saptacchidrāṇi ruddhvā'tha prāṇamakṣamanoyutam ..

> Then, having blocked the seven apertures, causing the breath united with the senses and the mind  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.64)

prāpayya tālu vrajati brahmarandhraṃ sa yogavit .. 29 ..

> to reach the palate, that knower of yoga goes to the brahmarandhra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.65)

māyāmayapadārthānāṃ tato hitvaiva vāsanāḥ ..

> Then, having abandoned the latent impressions of objects made of māyā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.66)

sa vāsudevaikamanāstyajati svakalevaram.. 2.9.30.30 ..

> his mind solely on Vāsudeva, he casts off his body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.67)

tato bhagavato dhāma śrīkṛṣṇasya tamaḥparam ..

> Then \[he reaches\] the abode of the blessed Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, beyond darkness,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.68)

upetya sevamānastaṃ nandate divyavigrahaḥ .. 31 ..

> Reaching \[that place\], serving him, endowed with a divine body, he rejoices. // 31  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.69)

iti te kathito brahmanyogaśāstrasya saṃgrahaḥ ..

> Thus has the summary of the scripture on yoga been related to you, O brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.70)

jitvā tena manaḥ svīyaṃ tamārādhaya sarvadā .. 32 ..

> Having conquered your own mind by means of it, worship him at all times. // 32  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.9.30.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.9.30.71)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīvāsudevamāhātmye'ṣṭāṃgayoganirūpaṇaṃ nāma triṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 30 ..

> Thus ends the thirtieth chapter, named “Exposition of the Eight-limbed Yoga,” in the Vāsudevamāhātmya of the second \[part\], the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 30  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.9.30.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Śrīpraśnasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.sriprasna.3.27) — Sanskrit

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