Skanda Purana 7.20.346

7.20.346

( 1) - pāśupatayogavarṇanam . vyāsasya jijñāsayā sanatkumāreṇa pāśupatayogavarṇanam . yogalakṣaṇam . yogābhyāsodāharaṇam . pratyāhāraprāṇāyāmadhyānadhāraṇānāṃ varṇanam . yoginaḥ prātibhavighnānāṃ tannā- śopāyasya ca kathanam . sāṃkhyasiddhāntanirdeśaḥ .

(1) Description of Pāśupata yoga; Sanatkumāra describing Pāśupata yoga upon Vyāsa's inquiry; the characteristics of yoga; examples of the practice of yoga; description of withdrawal of the senses, breath control, meditation, and concentration; explanation of the intuitive obstacles of a yogin and the means to destroy them; statement of the Sāṃkhya doctrine.