[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\_146 # Skandapurana 7.18.89\_146 Skandapurāṇa 7.18.89\_146 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.18.89\_146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_146) sakṛdeva samāhārādasakṛtparimokṣaṇāt . kumbhakaṃ caitaduddiṣṭaṃ18 prāṇāyāmādidhāraṇāt . . 3 9. . prāṇo vāyurasāvātmā śarīre jīva - - - . vidyād rūpadvayaṃ tasya sthūlaṃ sūkṣmaṃ ca sarvataḥ ..8.174.40.. > From drawing in \[the breath\] just once, and from releasing it repeatedly, / this is designated as kumbhaka, from the holding of prāṇāyāma and the rest. > This vital breath (prāṇa) is the wind, the self in the body, the living \[…\] / One should know its two forms: coarse and subtle everywhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.18.89\_145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_145) - [Next: 7.18.89\_147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_147) - [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_146) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_146) · Pramāṇa