[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 7.18.89\_138 # Skandapurana 7.18.89\_138 Skandapurāṇa 7.18.89\_138 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.18.89\_138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_138) 940 prajāpatī mahātmānau dhyātvā viṣṇupitāmahau . taṃ praṇamya mahādevaṃ tryakṣaṃ varadamīśvaram . . 12 . . pravakṣyāmi mataṃ tasya yogasiddhāntaniścayam . lakṣaṇaṃ viddhi yogasya procyamānamidaṃ mayā . . 13 . . chidyante7 paśupāśāni yasyābhyāsānmahāmune . pratyayasya bahirlopo manasyātmani saṃsthite . . 1 4. . abhisandhiḥ pare caiva īśvarasyātmanaśca ha . > 940 > meditating upon the two great-souled Prajāpatis, Viṣṇu and Pitāmaha \[Brahmā\], > and having bowed down to that Mahādeva, the three-eyed boon-granting Īśvara, > I shall declare his doctrine, the certainty of the conclusion of yoga. > Know this definition of yoga as it is being spoken by me, > by the practice of which, O great sage, the bonds of the bound souls are severed. > When the mind is firmly established in the Self, the external cessation of conceptual thought occurs, > and there is the unification of the soul with the supreme Īśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.18.89\_137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_137) - [Next: 7.18.89\_139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_139) - [Up: 7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.18.89_138) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_138) · Pramāṇa