Skandapurana 7.18.89_144

7.18.89_144

Because this mind is the entire means for the practice of yoga, / one should therefore make an effort towards the mind's single place [of rest].
Meditation during the restraint of the vital breath is remembered as prāṇāyāma. / For the prāṇa breath alone always acts as the charioteer of the [other] winds.
A yogin should constantly practice the restraint of breath; / by progressive attainment, [holding] the wind in the sphere of […].
One should know the sparking of light to be constantly joined with practice: / twice in the apāna, once in the prāṇa, and in the samāna […]
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