Sirspadmasana

Description

Sirspadmasana

Pramana

Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण

Sastra Pramana Source

Rudrayamala Tantra (23.68-70)

Original Verse

केवलं पादमेकञ्च स्कन्धे चारोप्य यत्नतः। एकपादेन गगने तिष्ठेत् द डवत् प्रभो।२३.६८॥ अपानासनमेतद्धि सर्वेषां पूरकाश्रयम्। कृत्वा सूक्ष्मे शीर्षपद्मे समारोप्य व वायुभिः॥२३.६९॥

Transliteration

kevalaṃ pādamekañca skandhe cāropya yatnataḥ। ekapādena gagane tiṣṭhet da ḍavat prabho।23.68॥ apānāsanametaddhi sarveṣāṃ pūrakāśrayam। kṛtvā sūkṣme śīrṣapadme samāropya va vāyubhiḥ॥23.69॥

• for extended verse see end of chapter

Translation

(If you) Place just one foot on the shoulder with effort and (raise) the second foot like a rod towards the sky it surely becomes apānāsana, (and if) by doing pūraka in śirşpadmāsana by the subtle breath then person (who is bound to die one day, anybody who is born will surely die one day) becomes a siddha. This way prāņa and apāna become one, and by doing this apānāsana one becomes Yogeśwara (supreme among Yogis). (23.68-70)

Instruction

1. Sit and place one leg on top of the shoulder. 2. Raise the other foot towards the sky and keep it straight 3. Keep the hands on the ground.

Design Note

Use same as Apānāsana (RY 23.68-70).jpg