2. PARVATASANA
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PRANAYAMA
SAMANA KUMBHAKA KUMBHAKA PADDHATI 62

BANDHA
MAHAMUDRA BANDHA SHIVA SAMHITA
4. 16-17

JAPA
SOHUM

- BRING THE LEGS INTO PADMASANA.
- BRING PALMS TOGETHER AND RAISE THEM ABOVE THE HEAD.
- KEEP ELBOWS STRAIGHT AND ENGAGE ALL THREE BANDHAS.

VISUALIZE YOURSELF AS MOUNT KAILASH
GAZE

MUDRA
ANJALI MUDRA MUDRA VIDHANAM 4. 3

ASANA
PARVATASANA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
RUDRAYAMALAM
(UTTARA- TANTRAM) 23.52
अथ वक्ष्ये महादेव पर्वतासन मङ्गलं।
यत् कृत्वा स्थिररूपी स्यात्
षट्चक्रादिविलोपनिम्॥२३.५२॥
ATHA VAKṢYE MAHĀDEVA
PARVATĀSANAMAṄGALAṂ |
YAT KṚTVĀ STHIRARŪPĪ SYĀT
ṢAṬCAKRĀDIVILOPANAM || 23.52 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
O MAHĀDEVA! NOW I SHALL TALK
ABOUT AUSPICIOUS PARVATĀSANA;
PRACTISING WHICH (MENTAL) STABILITY
IS GAINED, AND THE PENETRATION OF
THE SIX CAKRAS IS CALLED
PARVATĀSANA. (23.52)
TO CLEANSE THE URINARY BLADDER,
LIVER, SPLEEN AND DIAPHRAGM,
PARVATASANA MUST BE DONE IN SEATED
AND LYING DOWN POSITIONS. ALSO
KNOWN AS TADASANA VARIATION AND
CAN BE PRACTICED SITTING OR LYING
DOWN.
PRANAYAMA
SAMANA KUMBHAKA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
KUMBHAKA PADDHATIḤ 62
नाभावापूर्य वायुश्-चेद्-देहे व्याप्य
विधारितः
कुम्भिते ज्वलनं ध्यायेत् समानस्य तु
कुम्भकः
NĀBHĀVĀPŪRYA VĀYUŚ-CED-DEHE
VYĀPYA VIDHĀRITAḤ
KUMBHITE JVALANAṂ DHYĀYET
SAMĀNASYA TU KUMBHAKAḤ
AKASHIC REVELATION
WHEN THIS VAYU IS FILLED UP INTO THE
NAVEL AND HELD WITH
CONCENTRATION ON FIRE, IT IS
SAMANA-KUMBHAKA.
MUDRA
ANJALI MUDRA
ĀPTA PRAMANA - आप्त प्रमाण
MUDRA VIDHANAM 4. 3
किंचित्आकुंचित अग्युयोः
वाभमखु ंकरयोः अयोयसबं धेअजलः
KINCHIT AAKUNCHITA
ANGULYAGRAYOH SVAABHIMUKHAM
KARAYOH ANYONYASAMBANDHE ANJALI
AKASHIC REVELATION
WITH BOTH PALMS FACING EACH
OTHER, KEPT IN CLOSE CONNECTION
AND HAVING CONTRACTED THE
FINGER-TIPS A LITTLE MAKES ANJALI
MUDRA.
BANDHA
MAHAMUDRA BANDHA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
DHYANABINDUPANISAD 91-93
शोधनं मलजालानां घटनं चन्द्रसूर्ययोः ॥ ९१ ॥
सानां शोषणं सम्यङ् महामुद्राभिधीयते ॥ ९२ ॥
वक्षोन्यस्तहनुर्निपीड्य सुषिरं योनेश्च
वामाङ्घ्रिणाहस्याभ्यामनुधारयन् प्रविततं पादं तथा
दक्षिणम् ।
आपूयं श्वसनेन कुक्षियुगलं बध्वा शनै रेचयेदेषा
पातकनाशिनी ननु महामुद्रा नृणां प्रोच्यते ॥ ९३ ॥
ŚODHANAṂ MALAJĀLĀNĀṂ GHAṬANAṂ
CANDRASŪRYAYOḤ || 91 || RASĀNĀM ŚOṢAṆAM
SAMYAṄ MAHĀMUDRĀBHIDHĪYATE || 92 ||
VAKṢONYASTAHANURNIPĪḌYA SUṢIRAṂ YONEŚCA
VĀMĀṄGHRINĀ
HASYĀBHYĀMANUDHĀRAYAN PRAVITATAṂ
PĀDAṂ TATHĀ DAKṢIṆAM |
ĀPŪRYA ŚVASANENA KUKṢIYUGALAṂ BADHVĀ
ŚANAI RECAYEDEṢĀ
PĀTAKANĀŚINĪ NANU MAHĀMUDRĀ NṜṆĀM
PROCYATE || 93 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
THE CLEANSING (WITH THE
PRANAYAMA) OF THE HEAPS OF
IMPURITIES (IN THE NADIS), THE
BRINGING ABOUT OF THE UNION
BETWEEN THE MOON AND THE SUN,
THE COMPLETE DRYING UP OF THE
BODILY FLUIDS, RASAS (VAATA, PITTA
AND KAPHA), IS KNOWN AS THE
MAHĀMUDRĀ. WITH THE CHIN LAID
ON THE CHEST, PRESSING THE ABYSS OF
THE GENITALS WITH THE LEFT FOOT,
HOLDING WITH THE TWO HANDS THE
OUTSTRETCHED RIGHT LEG, FILLING
WITH BREATH THE PAIR OF BELLIES
AND HOLDING IT UP, ONE SHOULD
SLOWLY EXHALE IT. THIS INDEED IS
SAID TO BE THE SIN-DESTROYING
MAHA-MUDRA FOR MEN.
3. HALIPAVASANA
PRANAYAMA
SAMANA KUMBHAKA
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI 62

BANDHA
MAHAMUDRA BANDHA
SHIVA SAMHITA
4. 16-17

JAPA SOHUM

- BRING SOLES OF THE FEET TOGETHER IN FRONT.
- HOLD THE LEFT HAND BY THE RIGHT AND PLACE THE FOREHEAD ON THE GROUND BEHIND THE HEELS.
- ENGAGE ALL THREE BANDHAS AND GAZE TO THE NOSE.

VISUALIZE SWAMIJI, THE SPH
GAZE

MUDRA
SAMBHAVI MUDRA
MANDALA BRAHMANA-
UPANISHAD 3. 5

ASANA
HALIPAVASANA ĀpTa Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण JOGAPRADIPYAKA OF JAYATARAMA 261 - 263
पूर्व विधि याहूं में जानौ
उभै पगथली संपुट ठानो।
पिष्ट पछै दोउ कर ल्यावो
दछिण कर सो वाम गहावो॥ 261
पिष्टि हथेल्यां की हैए जोई
अंसु सहित भूमि धरै सोई।
पुनि ललाटि भूपरि ठाने
एडयां लगता माहि आनें॥ 262
PŪRVA VIDHI YĀHŪṂ MEṂ JĀNAU
UBHAI PAGATHALĪ SAṂPUṬA ṬHĀNO।
PIṢṬA PACHAI DOU KARA LYĀVO
DACHIṆA KARA SO VĀMA GAHĀVO॥ 261
PIṢṬI HATHELYĀṂ KĪ HAIE JOĪ
AṂSU SAHITA BHŪMI DHARAI SOĪ।
PUNI LALĀṬI BHŪPARI ṬHĀNE
EḌAYĀṂ LAGATĀ MĀHI ĀNEṂ॥ 262
AKASHIC REVELATION
BRING BOTH SOLES TOGETHER. BRING
BOTH HANDS TOWARDS BACKSIDE AND
HOLD THE LEFT HAND BY THE RIGHT
HAND AND PLACE THE HAND ON THE
GROUND. PLACE FOREHEAD ON THE
GROUND (BY BENDING FORWARD) NEAR
THE ANKLES. GAZE AT THE NOSE.
BODY BECOMES PURIFIED. THIS ASANA
FACILITATES KAPALABHATI. IT MAKES
YOU DHEERA, A PERSON WHO CONQUERS
THE INNER WORLD.
PRANAYAMA
SAMANA KUMBHAKA Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Kumbhaka Paddhatiḥ 62
नाभावापूर्य वायुश्-चेद्-देहे व्याप्य
विधारितः
कुम्भिते ज्वलनं ध्यायेत् समानस्य तु
कुम्भकः
NĀBHĀVĀPŪRYA VĀYUŚ-CED-DEHE
VYĀPYA VIDHĀRITAḤ
KUMBHITE JVALANAṂ DHYĀYET
SAMĀNASYA TU KUMBHAKAḤ
AKASHIC REVELATION
WHEN THIS VAYU IS FILLED UP INTO THE
NAVEL AND HELD WITH
CONCENTRATION ON FIRE, IT IS
SAMANA-KUMBHAKA.
MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण Mandala Brahmanopanishad 3.5
लक्ष्येऽन्तर्बाह्यायां दृष्टौ
निमेषोन्मेषवर्जितायां च इयं
शांभवी मुद्रा भवति । सर्वतन्त्रेषु गोप्या
महाविद्या भवति । तज्ज्ञानेन
संसारनिवृत्तिः । तत्पूजनं मोक्षफलदम् ॥ ५
॥
LAKṢYE'NTARBĀHYĀYĀṂ DṚṢṬAU
NIMEṢONMEṢAVARJITĀYĀṂ CA IYAṂ
ŚĀṂBHAVĪ MUDRĀ BHAVATI |
SARVATANTREṢU GOPYĀ MAHĀVIDYĀ
BHAVATI |
TAJJÑĀNENA SAṂSĀRANIVṚTTIḤ |
TATPŪJANAṂ MOKṢAPHALADAM || 5 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
FIXING THE GAZE INWARDS INTO THE
INNER SPACE AND WITH THE EYES
OPENING OUT, BUT DEVOID OF THE
ACTS OF OPENING AND CLOSING OF THE
EYELIDS, THIS ŚAMBHAVI-MUDRA IS
ASSUMED. THIS MAHĀ-VIDYA (THE
GREAT ULTIMATE SOURCE KNOWLEDGE)
IS, OF ALL THE TANTRAS, WHAT IS KEPT
A PROFOUND SECRET. WITH THE
EXPERIENTIAL KNOWLEDGE OF THIS, IS
ATTAINED FREEDOM AND COMPLETION
FROM THE STATE OF WORLDLY
EXISTENCE.BY ITS WORSHIP, IS
BESTOWED THE FRUIT OF LIBERATION.
BANDHA
MAHAMUDRA BANDHA Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण Dhyanabindupanisad 91 - 93
शोधनं मलजालानां घटनं चन्द्रसूर्ययोः ॥ ९१ ॥
सानां शोषणं सम्यङ् महामुद्राभिधीयते ॥ ९२ ॥
वक्षोन्यस्तहनुर्निपीड्य सुषिरं योनेश्च
वामाङ्घ्रिणाहस्याभ्यामनुधारयन् प्रविततं पादं तथा
दक्षिणम् ।
आपूर्य श्वसनेन कुक्षियुगलं बध्वा शनै रेचयेदेषा
पातकनाशिनी ननु महामुद्रा नृणां प्रोच्यते ॥ ९३ ॥
ŚODHANAṂ MALAJĀLĀNĀṂ GHAṬANAṂ
CANDRASŪRYAYOḤ || 91 || RASĀNĀM ŚOṢAṆAM
SAMYAṄ MAHĀMUDRĀBHIDHĪYATE || 92 ||
VAKṢONYASTAHANURNIPĪḌYA SUṢIRAṂ YONEŚCA
VĀMĀṄGHRĪṆĀ
HASYĀBHYĀMANUDHĀRAYAN PRAVITATAṂ
PĀDAṂ TATHĀ DAKṢIṆAM |
ĀPŪRYA ŚVASANENA KUKṢIYUGALAṂ BADHVĀ
ŚANAI RECAYEDEṢĀ
PĀTAK NĀŚINĪ NANU MAHĀMUDRĀ NṚṆĀṂ
PROCYATE || 93 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
THE CLEANSING (WITH THE
PRANAYAMA) OF THE HEAPS OF
IMPURITIES (IN THE NADIS), THE
BRINGING ABOUT OF THE UNION
BETWEEN THE MOON AND THE SUN,
THE COMPLETE DRYING UP OF THE
BODILY FLUIDS, RASAS (VAATA, PITTA
AND KAPHA), IS KNOWN AS THE
MAHĀMUDRĀ. WITH THE CHIN LAID
ON THE CHEST, PRESSING THE ABYSS OF
THE GENITALS WITH THE LEFT FOOT,
HOLDING WITH THE TWO HANDS THE
OUTSTRETCHED RIGHT LEG, FILLING
WITH BREATH THE PAIR OF BELLIES
AND HOLDING IT UP, ONE SHOULD
SLOWLY EXHALE IT. THIS INDEED IS
SAID TO BE THE SIN-DESTROYING
MAHA-MUDRA FOR MEN.
4.