[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\_144 # Skandapurana 7.18.89\_144 Skandapurāṇa 7.18.89\_144 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.18.89\_144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_144) manaḥ sarvamidaṃ yasmāt sādhanaṃ yogakarmaṇaḥ . ekato manasaḥ sthāne tasmād yatnaṃ samācaret . .3 2 . . prāṇanigrahaṇe17 dhyānaṃ prāṇāyāmamiti smṛtama . prāṇa eva hi vāyūnāṃ sārathye vartate sadā . .. 33 . . prāṇanigrahaṇe yogī nityamabhyāsamācaret . uttarottarasaṃsiddhyā vāyu - - - gocare . . 34. . jyotiḥ pravartanaṃ vidyānnityamabhyāsayojitam . dvirapāne sakṛtprāṇe samāne ca . ' - - - . . 35 . . - - - ra - -) - - 5 - - . - - - . - - - - . - - - ' - - - ' - - - . . 36 . . - - - - - - - - -- - - 13 ajño na kampate (?), prājño - (?) . . 14 kriyātu - kha. . . 15 kālo - kha. . 16 saṃsthitā - kha. . - - - - - - - - -- - - 942 .. > Because this mind is the entire means for the practice of yoga, / one should therefore make an effort towards the mind's single place \[of rest\]. > Meditation during the restraint of the vital breath is remembered as prāṇāyāma. / For the prāṇa breath alone always acts as the charioteer of the \[other\] winds. > A yogin should constantly practice the restraint of breath; / by progressive attainment, \[holding\] the wind in the sphere of \[…\]. > One should know the sparking of light to be constantly joined with practice: / twice in the apāna, once in the prāṇa, and in the samāna \[…\] > \[…\] / \[…\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.18.89\_143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_143) - [Next: 7.18.89\_145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_145) - [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_144) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_144) · Pramāṇa