[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\_148 # Skandapurana 7.18.89\_148 Skandapurāṇa 7.18.89\_148 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.18.89\_148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_148) sthāpitaṃ tanmanastatra punaḥ saṃhāramāvrajet . acaitanyaṃ diśenmohād vāyurdṛṣṭamatonyathā21 . .44. . saṃhṛtya ca tato vyāpi bhūyo dhyānagatiṃ caret . dhyāyato nityamabhyāsānmano vāyu - - - - . .45. . pravṛttajñānayogasya22 viṣayāsaṃgasaṃkṣaye . prātibhāni23 hi vighnāni satvādiguṇajāni tu . vighnabhūtāni yogasya prodbhavanti hi yuñjataḥ . .46.. > That mind, once fixed there, should again undergo withdrawal. / Through delusion, the wind might cause senselessness, unless observed otherwise. > And having withdrawn that all-pervading \[mind\], he should again pursue the course of meditation. / For one who meditates continually through practice, the mind and the wind \[…\]. > For one whose yoga of knowledge has commenced, upon the destruction of attachment to sense-objects, / intuitive obstacles born from the qualities (guṇas) such as sattva— > arising as obstacles to yoga—verily spring forth for the practitioner. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.18.89\_147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_147) - [Next: 7.18.89\_149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_149) - [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_148) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.18.89_148) · Pramāṇa