Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 18
प्राणापानसमानाश्च उदानो व्यान एव च । पंच भेदाः स्मृता वायोः कर्मार्ण्येषां वदंति च
prāṇāpānasamānāśca udāno vyāna eva ca | paṃca bhedāḥ smṛtā vāyoḥ karmārṇyeṣāṃ vadaṃti ca
پران، اپان، سمان، اُدان اور ویان—یہ وایو کی پانچ قسمیں یاد کی جاتی ہیں؛ اور ان میں سے ہر ایک کے افعال بھی بیان کیے جاتے ہیں۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration)
Tirtha: Pañca-vāyu-kṣetra (inner)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvija/ṛṣi audience
Scene: A fivefold mandala around a seated yogin: five labeled winds as subtle deities—Prāṇa at chest/throat, Apāna at pelvis, Samāna at navel, Udāna rising to head, Vyāna pervading limbs—connected by luminous currents.
FAQs
Life is sustained by ordered inner forces; knowing their divisions supports yogic discipline and dharmic self-mastery.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it presents yogic-physiological teaching within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa context.
No direct rite (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed here; it is a doctrinal classification of the prāṇa-vāyus.