Skanda Purana 7.18.89_243

7.18.89_243

nāsāgre tu sakṛt prāṇaṃ22 prāpayed yogaśaktitaḥ .
bhadrāṃ dṛṣṭiṃ samāsthāya23 ṣaḍviṃśaṃ cintayettataḥ . .25. .
mātrāḥ pañcadaśa proktāḥ prathamaṃ sandhibandhanam .
mātrā viṃśati vijñeyāḥ24 pañcamaḥsandhivigrahaḥ . .26. .
niśśabde vijane deśe nirīho vijitendriyaḥ25 .
svastikaṃ padmakaṃ bhadramathavā siṃhakacchapau26 . . 27..

By the power of yoga one should bring the breath once to the tip of the nose; / adopting a propitious gaze, one should then contemplate the twenty-sixth [principle]. (25) / Fifteen mātrās are declared to be the first fixing of the joints; / twenty mātrās are to be known as the fifth division of the joints. (26) / In a noiseless, solitary place, free from desire and with senses conquered, / [assuming] svastika, padma, bhadra, or siṃha or kūrma, (27)