Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 78
विषादं हि तृतीयेन सिद्धः प्राणोथ योगिनः । भवेत्क्रमात्सन्निरुद्धः सिद्धः प्राणोथ योगिना । क्रमेण सेव्यमानोसौ नयते यत्र चेच्छति
viṣādaṃ hi tṛtīyena siddhaḥ prāṇotha yoginaḥ | bhavetkramātsanniruddhaḥ siddhaḥ prāṇotha yoginā | krameṇa sevyamānosau nayate yatra cecchati
নিশ্চয় তৃতীয় স্তৰে বিষাদো জয় হয়; তেতিয়া যোগীৰ প্ৰাণ সিদ্ধ হয়। ক্ৰমে সম্পূৰ্ণ নিয়ন্ত্ৰিত আৰু বশীভূত প্ৰাণ, নিৰন্তৰ সাধনাৰে, যোগীক য’ত ইচ্ছা ত’ত লৈ যায়।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A yogin in deep restraint; prāṇa visualized as a luminous current coiling within suṣumṇā; the city of Kāśī appears as a sacred mandala behind, suggesting inner and outer pilgrimage merging.
FAQs
Persistent, graded discipline culminates in prāṇa-siddhi, where mastery of breath supports mastery of one’s inner and outer movement.
The teaching is embedded in Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-oriented liberation tradition, without naming a specific tīrtha in this verse.
Advance to the third grade to overcome dejection; continue gradual practice until prāṇa is thoroughly restrained and mastered.