Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 70
ककुद्मान्वृषभश्चाहं योगमाता तपस्विनी । वायुरप्यहमव्यक्तस्त्वं गतिर्मनसूदनी
kakudmānvṛṣabhaścāhaṃ yogamātā tapasvinī | vāyurapyahamavyaktastvaṃ gatirmanasūdanī
میں کَکُدمان، کوہان والا وृषبھ بھی ہوں؛ اور تُو یوگ ماتا، تپسوی ہے۔ میں اَویَکت ہوا بھی ہوں؛ اور تُو اس کی گتی ہے—اے نفس کو قابو کرنے والی۔
Śiva (deduced from śaiva identity-statements within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A symbolic pairing: a powerful humped bull (kakudmān vṛṣabha) stands beside an ascetic Yogamātā; around them, invisible wind is suggested by swirling cloth and moving leaves, while ‘gati’ is personified as a luminous path curbing a restless mind.
FAQs
Yoga is portrayed as divine power: stability (bull), ascetic discipline, and the regulation of mind and subtle breath/motion.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where devotion is linked with yogic inner mastery in the Māhātmya’s praise.
No explicit rite; implicit is yogic discipline—mind-restraint and tapas.