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Shiva Purana

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निर्दहत्यखिलं दोषं कर्तुर्देहं च रक्षति ॥ प्राणे तु विजिते सम्यक्तच्चिह्नान्युपलक्षयेत् ॥ ४१ ॥

It burns off all defects. It preserves the body of practisers. When the Prāṇa is mastered the symptoms are manifest.

english translation

विण्मूत्रश्लेष्मणां तावदल्पभावः प्रजायते ॥ बहुभोजनसामर्थ्यं चिरादुच्छ्वासनं तथा ॥ ४२ ॥

There is little feeling of stool, urine or mucus. Ability to eat a lot and breathe for a long time.

english translation

लघुत्वं शीघ्रगामित्वमुत्साहः स्वरसौष्ठवम् ॥ सर्वरोगक्षयश्चैव बलं तेजः सुरूपता ॥ ४३ ॥

Lightness swift movement enthusiasm excellence in voice It destroys all diseases and gives strength splendor and beauty.

english translation

धृतिर्मेधा युवत्वं च स्थिरता च प्रसन्नता ॥ तपांसि पापक्षयता यज्ञदानव्रतादयः ॥ ४४ ॥

patience intelligence youthfulness steadfastness cheerfulness Asceticism, sacrifice, charity, vows and so on destroy sins.

english translation

प्राणायामस्य तस्यैते कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम् ॥ इन्द्रियाणि प्रसक्तानि यथास्वं विषयेष्विह ॥ ४५ ॥

These sixteen arts of prāṇāyāma do not deserve to be performed. The senses are attached to the objects of this world as they are.

english translation