Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8
प्राणायामत्रयं कृत्वा बीजवर्णैः सबिंदुकैः । मातृका न्यस्य विधिवद्ध्यात्वा तां देवतां पराम्
prāṇāyāmatrayaṃ kṛtvā bījavarṇaiḥ sabiṃdukaiḥ | mātṛkā nyasya vidhivaddhyātvā tāṃ devatāṃ parām
ਤਿੰਨ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਰ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਾਣਾਯਾਮ ਕਰਕੇ, ਬਿੰਦੂ-ਸਹਿਤ ਬੀਜ ਅੱਖਰਾਂ ਦਾ ਜਪ ਕਰੇ। ਵਿਧੀ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਮਾਤ੍ਰਿਕਾ ਅੱਖਰਾਂ ਦਾ ਨਿਆਸ ਦੇਹ ਉੱਤੇ ਕਰਕੇ, ਫਿਰ ਨਿਯਮ ਮੁਤਾਬਕ ਉਸ ਪਰਮ ਦੇਵਤਾ ਦਾ ਧਿਆਨ ਕਰੇ।
Unspecified (contextual narrator in Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)
Scene: A yogin seated in padmāsana performs controlled breathing; luminous Sanskrit letters (Mātr̥kā) and bīja-syllables with bindu appear as glowing points and garlands, settling onto different parts of the body; the heart-lotus begins to radiate as a sanctum for the supreme deity.
FAQs
Inner purification through breath-discipline and mantra-nyāsa prepares the practitioner for steady meditation on the Supreme.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it focuses on ritual preparation and contemplative practice.
Threefold prāṇāyāma followed by mātṛkā-nyāsa using bīja-varṇas with bindu, culminating in meditation.