प्राणायामं तु यः कुर्यादप्येकं मुक्तिमंडपे । तेनाष्टांगः समभ्यस्तो योगोऽन्यत्रायुतं समाः
prāṇāyāmaṃ tu yaḥ kuryādapyekaṃ muktimaṃḍape | tenāṣṭāṃgaḥ samabhyasto yogo'nyatrāyutaṃ samāḥ
जो ‘मुक्ति-मण्डप’ में एक भी प्राणायाम करता है, उसी से अष्टाङ्ग-योग का अभ्यास अन्यत्र दस हजार वर्षों के बराबर माना जाता है।
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, addressing Agastya)
Tirtha: Mukti-maṇḍapa (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: In the Mukti Pavilion, a devotee performs a single measured prāṇāyāma before the shrine; the eight limbs of yoga appear symbolically around them, while vast spans of time (10,000 years) fade into insignificance.
Place and practice converge: in Kāśī, even minimal yogic effort becomes immensely potent due to the sanctity of the mukti-centered site.
The Mukti-maṇḍapa (Liberation Pavilion) within Kāśī.
Perform prāṇāyāma—explicitly stated as even one cycle—at the Mukti-maṇḍapa.