Skandapurana 7.18.89_140

7.18.89_140

sukhādānamathaikena bhāvanā - - yojanāt . . 19. .
pra - - - - - - - - - - tiṣṭhatassataḥ .
sādhakasya bhavennityaṃ hyadriḥ (?) siddhamidaṃ phalam . . 8.174.20 . .
athādhikaraṇaṃ tatra kramaśaḥ parikīrtyate (?)
pratyāhāramato10 vidyā prāṇāyāmastathaiva ca .
dhyānañca dhāraṇā caiva11 yogābhyāsa udāhṛtaḥ12 ..21 . .
tisro mṛtyumatikramya kriyā hi caturātmikāḥ .
varttante na ca vai - - mṛtyuḥ prabhavate mune . . 22 ..

Attainment of happiness through oneness, from the application of contemplation […],
[…] of the practitioner who is firmly established,
this perfected result would always arise […].
Now the substratum therein is proclaimed in order:
retraction of the senses, then knowledge, likewise control of breath,
meditation, and concentration—this is declared to be the practice of yoga.
Transcending death, these three operations of fourfold nature
exist, and […] death does not have power, O sage.