Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 150
जालंधरे कृते बंधे कंठसकोचलक्षणे । न पीयूषं पतत्यग्नौ न च वायुः प्रधावति
jālaṃdhare kṛte baṃdhe kaṃṭhasakocalakṣaṇe | na pīyūṣaṃ patatyagnau na ca vāyuḥ pradhāvati
When the Jālandhara bandha is performed—marked by the throat being contracted—the pīyūṣa, the sacred nectar, does not fall into the digestive fire, and the vital wind (prāṇa) does not rush about.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Seeker/ṛṣi audience (contextual)
Scene: A yogin performs Jālandhara bandha: chin gently pressed toward the chest, throat contracted; a stream of white nectar above is held back, while a red digestive fire below is calmed; winds depicted as swirling lines becoming still.
FAQs
The verse praises yogic restraint: controlling downward loss of vitality and stabilizing prāṇa supports higher realization.
The instruction appears within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-centered teaching, where yogic disciplines are celebrated.
It prescribes performing Jālandhara-bandha with throat contraction to prevent nectar from descending and to steady prāṇa.