Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48
संयोगस्त्वात्ममनसोर्योग इत्युच्यते बुधैः । प्राणापानसमायोगो योग इत्यपि कैश्चन
saṃyogastvātmamanasoryoga ityucyate budhaiḥ | prāṇāpānasamāyogo yoga ityapi kaiścana
संयोगस्त्वात्ममनसोर्योग इत्युच्यते बुधैः । प्राणापानसमायोगो योग इत्यपि कैश्चन ॥
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A teacher-sage in Kāśī instructs a disciple: one panel shows meditation (mind merging into inner light), another shows subtle breath channels with prāṇa and apāna meeting at the navel/heart.
FAQs
Yoga is defined as inner integration—either mind absorbed in the Self or prāṇic balance supporting that absorption.
As part of Kāśīkhaṇḍa, the teaching supports Kāśī’s identity as a mokṣa-kṣetra where yoga and knowledge converge.
An implied practice is prāṇic regulation (prāṇa–apāna harmony), though no step-by-step rite is specified.