Skandapurana 7.18.89_143

7.18.89_143

These three [activities] always lead to death, characterized by delusion. / There can be no separation in them, in these activities, each one […].
Ignorance wavers in them, even when operating externally and internally. / The practitioner, engaged in these activities, as well as in those situated in the middle,
[achieves] through power the cessation of the elements, the senses, the mind, time, and the directions. / The directions are indeed ten, the divisions of time are three, [along with] the elements and the range of the senses.
Accompanied by the movement of the mind, characterized by the absence of sense-objects— / this was spoken of as pratyāhāra (withdrawal) in the past by the Lord himself.
Because there is no wandering into other directions, when the mind remains motionless, / the emergence of withdrawal arises once in the emergence of yoga.
Knowledge concerning the three times, and supreme mastery: / these two cannot arise when the mind is wavering; they arise together when it is steadfast.