Shiva Purana

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जानुं प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य न द्रुतं न विलंबितम् ॥ अंगुलीस्फोटनं कुर्यात्सा मात्रेति प्रकीर्तिता ॥ ३१ ॥

Mātrā is the unit of time required for the snapping of the fingers after moving them round the knees neither speedily nor slowly.

english translation

jAnuM pradakSiNIkRtya na drutaM na vilaMbitam ॥ aMgulIsphoTanaM kuryAtsA mAtreti prakIrtitA ॥ 31 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

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मात्राक्रमेण विज्ञेयाश्चोद्वातक्रमयोगतः ॥ नाडीविशुद्धिपूर्वं तु प्राणायामं समाचरेत् ॥ ३२ ॥

The duration of Prāṇāyāma shall be increased in accordance with the Mātrās and strokes. The veins shall be necessarily purified.

english translation

mAtrAkrameNa vijJeyAzcodvAtakramayogataH ॥ nADIvizuddhipUrvaM tu prANAyAmaM samAcaret ॥ 32 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

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अगर्भश्च सगर्भश्च प्राणायामो द्विधा स्मृतः ॥ जपं ध्यानं विनागर्भः सगर्भस्तत्समन्वयात् ॥ ३३ ॥

The Prāṇāyāma is again twofold: Agarbha and Sagarbha. Restraining the breath without meditation and Japa is called Agarbha Prāṇāyāma. If they too are included it is called Sagarbha.

english translation

agarbhazca sagarbhazca prANAyAmo dvidhA smRtaH ॥ japaM dhyAnaM vinAgarbhaH sagarbhastatsamanvayAt ॥ 33 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

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अगर्भाद्गर्भसंयुक्तः प्राणायामःशताधिकः ॥ तस्मात्सगर्भं कुर्वन्ति योगिनः प्राणसंयमम् ॥ ३४ ॥

The Sagarbha Prāṇāyāma is hundred times more efficacious than the Agarbha. Yogins practise Sagarbha Prāṇāyāma.

english translation

agarbhAdgarbhasaMyuktaH prANAyAmaHzatAdhikaH ॥ tasmAtsagarbhaM kurvanti yoginaH prANasaMyamam ॥ 34 ॥

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प्राणस्य विजयादेव जीयंते देह १ आयवः ॥ प्राणो ऽपानः समानश्च ह्युदानो व्यान एव च ॥ ३५ ॥

By the victory of the life-force the body 1 and the living entities live. The prana, the apana, the samana, the hyudana and the vyana are the same.

english translation

prANasya vijayAdeva jIyaMte deha 1 AyavaH ॥ prANo 'pAnaH samAnazca hyudAno vyAna eva ca ॥ 35 ॥

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Chapter 72

Verses 26-30

Chapter 72

Verses 36-40