Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 34
तथेंद्रियवृतो दोषः प्राणायामेन दह्यते । गोशतं कापिलं दत्त्वा यत्फलं तत्फलं भवेत्
tatheṃdriyavṛto doṣaḥ prāṇāyāmena dahyate | gośataṃ kāpilaṃ dattvā yatphalaṃ tatphalaṃ bhavet
Cũng vậy, lỗi lầm bị quấn chặt cùng các căn (giác quan) được thiêu đốt bởi prāṇāyāma. Quả phúc nào do bố thí một trăm con bò vàng nâu, thì quả ấy cũng phát sinh từ đây.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced)
Scene: A yogin seated in padmāsana, eyes half-closed, controlling the breath; a subtle ‘fire’ of prāṇa consuming dark smoke-like impurities around the senses; in the background, a symbolic row of tawny cows indicating dāna-merit equivalence.
FAQs
Prāṇāyāma is praised as a powerful purifier of sense-bound faults and is equated in merit to major acts of charity.
No tīrtha is named; the verse glorifies the practice itself by comparing its fruit to an esteemed dāna.
Go-dāna (gift of a hundred kapilā cows) is cited as a benchmark of merit; prāṇāyāma is said to yield comparable fruit.