Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 40, Shloka 32
Adhyaya 40 — The Yogin’s Impediments (Upasargas), Subtle Concentrations, and the Eight Siddhis
प्राकाम्यमस्य व्यापित्वादीशित्वञ्चेश्वरो यतः ।
वखित्वाद्वशिमा नाम योगिनः सप्तमो गुणः ॥
prākāmyam asya vyāptitvād īśitvaṃ ceśvaro yataḥ / vakhitvād vaśimā nāma yoginaḥ saptamo guṇaḥ
उसकी सर्वव्यापकता से प्राकाम्य (अवरोध-रहित प्राप्ति-शक्ति) होती है और उसके ऐश्वर्य से ईशित्व (सर्वाधिकार) होता है। तथा वशीकरण-समर्थ होने से ‘वशिता’ नामक गुण योगी का सातवाँ लक्षण कहा गया है।
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FAQs
Extraordinary capacities (siddhis) are presented as derivative ‘attributes’ of yogic realization—arising from expansion of being (vyāpti) and mastery (īśitva/vaśitā). The implicit ethical caution is that these are powers to be understood, not ends in themselves.
This passage is not primarily sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita; it belongs to ancillary upadeśa (instruction) on yoga and liberation, a common Purāṇic supplement to the pancalakṣaṇa framework.
‘Pervasiveness’ and ‘lordship’ indicate the yogin’s consciousness becoming less localized and more universal; ‘vaśitā’ symbolizes inner sovereignty—mastery over impulses and the sensed world—mirrored outwardly as control.