Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44
न च पद्मासनाद्योगो न वा घ्राणाग्रवीक्षणात् । न शौचे न न मौनेन न मंत्राराधनैरपि
na ca padmāsanādyogo na vā ghrāṇāgravīkṣaṇāt | na śauce na na maunena na maṃtrārādhanairapi
瑜伽亦非仅由莲华坐而得，亦非仅以目光凝注鼻尖而成；不由净仪，不由默然，亦不由唯独持诵供奉诸咒而得。
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Seekers inclined to technique/ritual (contextual)
Scene: A yogin in padmāsana with nose-tip gaze shown as a preliminary layer; behind/within, a subtler depiction of the same yogin dissolving into inner stillness; ritual purity acts and mantra-japa appear as peripheral motifs, secondary to inner absorption.
FAQs
Techniques and observances are supports, but yoga is not fulfilled by them alone without deeper inner steadiness and realization.
The instruction is embedded in Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī setting, aligning yogic attainment with the city’s liberation-centered ethos.
It negates sufficiency of śauca, mauna, and mantrārādhana as standalone means; it implies the need for deeper practice.