Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 75
स एव विमलो योगी यच्चित्तं शिरसि स्थितम् । स्थिरीभूतव्यथं नित्यं दशमद्वारसंपुटे
sa eva vimalo yogī yaccittaṃ śirasi sthitam | sthirībhūtavyathaṃ nityaṃ daśamadvārasaṃpuṭe
โยคีผู้นั้นเท่านั้นบริสุทธิ์แท้ ผู้ซึ่งจิตตั้งอยู่ ณ ศีรษะ—มั่นคงเสมอ ความกระสับกระส่ายสงบ—ภายในคุ้มครองแห่ง “ทวารที่สิบ”
Śiva (deduced from continuity of teaching)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A yogin with a luminous lotus at the crown/forehead region; a subtle ‘enclosure’ or halo-like gate above the head labeled ‘daśama-dvāra’; waves of agitation depicted as stilled water around him.
FAQs
Purity is defined as inner steadiness: the yogin stabilizes consciousness in the subtle center and transcends agitation.
The verse frames an ‘inner tīrtha’ (subtle locus of realization) rather than naming an external geographical site.
A meditative prescription is implied: establish the mind steadily in the cranial center (the ‘tenth gate’).