Shloka 57

Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi

Devanagari script

दोषात्तस्माच्च नश्यन्ति निश्वासस्तेन जीर्यते प्राणायामेन सिध्यन्ति दिव्याः शान्त्यादयः क्रमात्

Transliteration

doṣāttasmācca naśyanti niśvāsastena jīryate prāṇāyāmena sidhyanti divyāḥ śāntyādayaḥ kramāt

Translation

因此诸过失得以消除；外出之息由此摄持，生命之气亦被精炼。由调息（prāṇāyāma）之力，诸天成就——以寂静为首——依次渐次圆满。

Word by Word

• दोषात् (doṣāt): from/through the removal of defects

• तस्मात् (tasmāt): therefore

• च (ca): and

• नश्यन्ति (naśyanti): are destroyed

• निश्वासः (niśvāsaḥ): the outward breath/exhalation

• तेन (tena): by that/thereby

• जीर्यते (jīryate): is subdued/attenuated (lit. is worn down/refined)

• प्राणायामेन (prāṇāyāmena): by breath-discipline, prāṇāyāma

• सिध्यन्ति (sidhyanti): are accomplished/attained

• दिव्याः (divyāḥ): divine, transcendent

• शान्त्यादयः (śānty-ādayaḥ): serenity and the other (states/attainments)

• क्रमात् (kramāt): gradually, step by step

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shaiva yogic doctrine within the Linga Purana discourse)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames breath-discipline as an inner form of Linga-upāsanā: purifying doṣas and steadying prāṇa so the worshipper (paśu) becomes fit to approach Pati, Shiva, with serenity and focused devotion.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

By pointing to “divine” attainments like śānti arising from disciplined prāṇa, it implies Shiva-tattva as the शांत (peaceful) ground realized when pasha-like impurities are attenuated and the paśu turns inward toward Pati.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Prāṇāyāma—regulated breath control—presented as a step-by-step method to reduce defects, refine the outward breath, and cultivate śānti (serenity) and related higher states in the Pāśupata-oriented sādhanā.