Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 72
यथा पार्थिवधातूनां दह्यते धमनान्मलाः । तथेंद्रियैः कृता दोषा ज्वाल्यंते प्राणसंयमात्
yathā pārthivadhātūnāṃ dahyate dhamanānmalāḥ | tatheṃdriyaiḥ kṛtā doṣā jvālyaṃte prāṇasaṃyamāt
ഉലയിൽ ചൂടുകൊണ്ട് ഭൂമിയിലെ ലോഹങ്ങളുടെ മലിനത കത്തിപ്പോകുന്നതുപോലെ, പ്രാണസംയമംകൊണ്ട് ഇന്ദ്രിയജന്യ ദോഷങ്ങൾ ജ്വലിച്ച് നശിക്കുന്നു।
Unspecified (Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa narrative voice; instructional passage)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Scene: Split-scene metaphor: on one side a smith’s furnace refining metal; on the other a yogin with a subtle inner flame at nābhi/hṛdaya, senses depicted as subdued animals, signifying doṣa being burned.
FAQs
Prāṇāyāma is portrayed as an inner fire that purifies sensory-born defects.
No site is specified; the verse uses a general purification metaphor.
Practice prāṇa-saṃyama (breath restraint) to burn away दोष arising from the senses.