Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 40, Shloka 37
Adhyaya 40 — The Yogin’s Impediments (Upasargas), Subtle Concentrations, and the Eight Siddhis
यथाहि कनकं खण्डमपद्रव्यवदग्निना ।
दग्धदोषं द्वितीयेन खण्डेनैक्यं व्रजेन्नृप ॥
yathā hi kanakaṃ khaṇḍam apadravyavad agninā / dagdhadoṣaṃ dvitīyena khaṇḍenaikyaṃ vrajen nṛpa
हे राजन्! जैसे स्वर्ण का खण्ड अग्नि से मल-दोष जल जाने पर मानो मिश्रधातु-रहित शुद्ध हो जाता है और दूसरे शुद्ध स्वर्णखण्ड से एकत्व पा लेता है।
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FAQs
Yoga is framed as a purifying ‘fire’ that removes faults (doṣas). Ethically, it emphasizes inner refinement—reducing passions and impurities—rather than merely adopting external marks of spirituality.
Didactic philosophy (yoga-upadeśa), not pancalakṣaṇa.
Gold symbolizes luminous consciousness; ‘fire’ is tapas/samādhi that burns up avidyā and vāsanās, enabling recognition of essential sameness (aikya) with the absolute.