[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\_147 # Skandapurana 7.18.89\_147 Skandapurāṇa 7.18.89\_147 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.18.89\_147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_147) avyaktaṃ sūkṣmarūpaṃ tu sthūlamākāralakṣaṇama . sthūlādārabhya sūkṣmaṃ tu dhyānābhyāsānnirūpayet 19 ..41 . . sūkṣmasaṃropaṇājjyotiḥ prakāśo jāyate mune . dhyāyataḥ sthūlalakṣyaṃ20 tu sarvadikṣu sṛtaṃ manaḥ . yadā dīptimadutpadyet tadāśu sthāpayet punaḥ ..42 . . girau vṛkṣe marutpṛṣṭhe śvabhre prāsādapaṃktiṣu . samudre vasudhāyāṃ vā manaḥsaṃyogamācaret . .43 .. > The subtle form is unmanifest, while the coarse is characterized by shape. / Beginning from the coarse, one should discern the subtle through the practice of meditation. > From the fixation upon the subtle, a radiant light arises, O sage. / But for one meditating on a coarse target, the mind wanders in all directions; > when it arises radiant, he should immediately steady it once more. / On a mountain, on a tree, on the path of the wind, in a chasm, in a row of palaces, > on the ocean, or on the earth, he should practice union of the mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.18.89\_146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_146) - [Next: 7.18.89\_148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_148) - [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_147) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_147) · Pramāṇa