Shloka 57

Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi

Devanagari script

दोषात्तस्माच्च नश्यन्ति निश्वासस्तेन जीर्यते प्राणायामेन सिध्यन्ति दिव्याः शान्त्यादयः क्रमात्

Transliteration

doṣāttasmācca naśyanti niśvāsastena jīryate prāṇāyāmena sidhyanti divyāḥ śāntyādayaḥ kramāt

Translation

Así, los defectos se destruyen; el aliento exhalado queda contenido y la fuerza vital se refina. Mediante el prāṇāyāma, los logros divinos—comenzando por la serenidad—se cumplen gradualmente, en el debido orden.

Word by Word

• दोषात् (doṣāt): from/through the removal of defects

• तस्मात् (tasmāt): therefore

• च (ca): and

• नश्यन्ति (naśyanti): are destroyed

• निश्वासः (niśvāsaḥ): the outward breath/exhalation

• तेन (tena): by that/thereby

• जीर्यते (jīryate): is subdued/attenuated (lit. is worn down/refined)

• प्राणायामेन (prāṇāyāmena): by breath-discipline, prāṇāyāma

• सिध्यन्ति (sidhyanti): are accomplished/attained

• दिव्याः (divyāḥ): divine, transcendent

• शान्त्यादयः (śānty-ādayaḥ): serenity and the other (states/attainments)

• क्रमात् (kramāt): gradually, step by step

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shaiva yogic doctrine within the Linga Purana discourse)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames breath-discipline as an inner form of Linga-upāsanā: purifying doṣas and steadying prāṇa so the worshipper (paśu) becomes fit to approach Pati, Shiva, with serenity and focused devotion.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

By pointing to “divine” attainments like śānti arising from disciplined prāṇa, it implies Shiva-tattva as the शांत (peaceful) ground realized when pasha-like impurities are attenuated and the paśu turns inward toward Pati.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Prāṇāyāma—regulated breath control—presented as a step-by-step method to reduce defects, refine the outward breath, and cultivate śānti (serenity) and related higher states in the Pāśupata-oriented sādhanā.