Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 41, Shloka 26
Adhyaya 41 — Yogic Conduct and the Discipline Leading to Siddhi
समाहितो ब्रह्मपरोऽप्रमादी शुचिस्तथैकान्तरतिर्यतेंद्रियः ।
समाप्नुयाद्योगमिमं महात्मा विमुक्तिमाप्रोति ततः स्वयोगतः ॥
samāhito brahmaparo 'pramādī śucis tathaikāntaratir yatendriyaḥ / samāpnuyād yogam imaṁ mahātmā vimuktim āproti tataḥ svayogataḥ
إنَّ صاحبَ النفسِ العظيمة، الجامعَ لذهنه، المكرَّسَ للبراهمن، اليقِظَ الطاهرَ، المسرورَ بالخلوة، والكابحَ للحواس—يستطيع أن ينال هذا اليوغا؛ ثم بعد ذلك، بيوغاه هو، يبلغ الموكشا (التحرّر).
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FAQs
Liberation is portrayed as the fruit of sustained character and practice: vigilance, purity, solitude, and sense-restraint are not accessories but the operating conditions for yoga to mature into freedom.
A mokṣa-prakaraṇa (liberation-topic) inserted into the Purāṇa’s teaching portions; not a pancalakṣaṇa narrative unit.
‘By his own yoga’ emphasizes direct realization (aparokṣa-anubhava) rather than borrowed authority; the listed virtues are the subtle ‘guards’ preventing leakage of prāṇa and attention.