Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 83
शुद्धिमेति यदा सर्वं नाडीचक्र मनाकुलम् । तदैव जायते योगी क्षमः प्राणनिरोधने
śuddhimeti yadā sarvaṃ nāḍīcakra manākulam | tadaiva jāyate yogī kṣamaḥ prāṇanirodhane
When the entire network of nāḍīs becomes purified and free from disturbance, then indeed the yogin arises as one truly capable of restraining the prāṇa.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A yogin with a luminous network of nāḍīs depicted as fine golden lines; chakras as calm, unruffled lotuses; the breath shown as a steady vertical current.
FAQs
Prāṇa-restraint becomes stable only after purification of the inner channels; groundwork precedes higher yogic control.
The instruction appears within Kāśī’s scriptural landscape, where inner purification is aligned with Kāśī’s liberating dharma.
It implies the preparatory discipline of nāḍī-śuddhi as a prerequisite for prāṇa-nirodha.