Gheranda Samhita · Chapter 2

āsanāni samastāni yāvanto jīvajantavaḥ
caturaśīti lakṣāṇi śivena kathitaṃ purā //

teṣāṃ madhye viśiṣṭāni ṣoḍaśonaṃ śataṃ kṛtam
teṣāṃ madhye martyaloke dvātriṃśad āsanaṃ śubham //

siddhaṃ padmaṃ tathā bhadraṃ muktaṃ vajraṃ ca svastikam
siṃhaṃ ca gomukhaṃ vīraṃ dhanurāsanam eva ca //

mṛtaṃ guptaṃ tathā mātsyaṃ matsyendrāsanam eva ca
gorakṣaṃ paścimottānam utkaṭaṃ saṃkaṭaṃ tathā //

mayūraṃ kukkuṭaṃ kūrmaṃ tathā uttānakūrmakam
uttānamaṇḍukaṃ vṛkṣaṃ maṇḍūkaṃ garuḍaṃ vṛṣam //

śalabhaṃ makaraṃ coṣṭraṃ bhujaṃgaṃ ca yogāsanam
dvātriṃśad āsanāny eva martyaloke ca siddhidā //

yonisthānakam aṅghrimūlaghaṭitaṃ saṃpīḍya gulphetaraṃ $
meḍhropary atha saṃnidhāya cibukaṃ kṛtvā hṛdi sthāpitam &
sthāṇuḥ saṃyamitendriyo 'caladṛśā paśyan bhruvor antare %
etan mokṣakapāṭabhedanakaraṃ siddhāsanaṃ procyate //

vāmor ūpari dakṣiṇaṃ hi caraṇaṃ saṃsthāpya vāmaṃ tathā $
dakṣor ūpari paścimena vidhinā kṛtvā karābhyāṃ dṛḍham &
aṅguṣṭhau hṛdaye nidhāya cibukaṃ nāsāgram ālokayed %
etad vyādhivikāranāśanakaraṃ padmāsanaṃ procyate //

gulphau ca vṛṣaṇasyādho vyutkrameṇa samāhitau
pādāṅguṣṭhau karābhyāṃ ca dhṛtvā ca pṛṣṭhadeśataḥ //

jālaṃdharaṃ samāsādya nāsāgram avalokayet
bhadrāsanaṃ bhaved etat sarvavyādhivināśakam //

pāyumūle vāmagulphaṃ dakṣagulphaṃ tathopari
śirogrīvāsame kāye muktāsanaṃ tu siddhidam //

jaṅghayor vajravat kṛtvā gudapārśve padāv ubhau
vajrāsanaṃ bhaved etad yogināṃ siddhidāyakam //

jānūrvor antare kṛtvā yogī pādatale ubhe
ṛjukāyaḥ samāsīnaḥ svastikaṃ tat pracakṣate //

gulphau ca vṛṣaṇasyādho vyutkrameṇordhvatāṃ gatau
citimūlau bhūmisaṃsthau karau ca jānunopari //

vyāttavaktro jalaṃdhreṇa nāsāgram avalokayet
siṃhāsanaṃ bhaved etat sarvavyādhivināśakam //

pādau bhūmau ca saṃsthāpya pṛṣṭhapārśve niveśayet
sthirakāyaṃ samāsādya gomukhaṃ gomukhākṛti //

ekapādam athaikasmin vinyased ūrusaṃsthitam
itarasmiṃs tathā paścād vīrāsanam itīritam //

prasārya pādau bhuvi daṇḍarūpau $
karau ca pṛṣṭhaṃ dhṛtapādayugmam &
kṛtvā dhanustulyavivartitāṅgaṃ %
nigadyate vai dhanurāsanaṃ tat //

uttānaṃ śavavad bhūmau śayānaṃ tu śavāsanam
śavāsanaṃ śramaharaṃ cittaviśrāntikāraṇam //

jānūrvor antare pādau kṛtvā pādau ca gopayet
pādaupari ca saṃsthāpya gudaṃ guptāsanaṃ viduḥ //

muktapadmāsanaṃ kṛtvā uttānaśayanaṃ caret
kūrparābhyāṃ śiro veṣṭya matsyāsanaṃ tu rogahā //

udare paścimaṃ tānaṃ kṛtvā tiṣṭhati yatnataḥ
namrāṅgaṃ vāmapadaṃ hi dakṣajānūpari nyaset //

tatra yāmyaṃ kūrparaṃ ca yāmyakare ca vaktrakam
bhruvor madhye gatā dṛṣṭiḥ pīṭhaṃ matsyendram ucyate //

jānūrvor antare pādau uttānau vyaktasaṃsthitau
gulphau cācchādya hastābhyām uttānābhyaṃ prayatnataḥ //

kaṇṭhasaṃkocanaṃ kṛtvā nāsāgram avalokayet
gorakṣāsanam ity āhur yogināṃ siddhikāraṇam //

prasārya pādau bhuvi daṇḍarūpau $
saṃnyastabhālaṃ citiyugmamadhye &
yatnena pādau ca dhṛtau karābhyāṃ %
yogendrapīṭhaṃ paścimatānam āhuḥ //

aṅguṣṭhābhyām avaṣṭabhya dharāṃ gulphau ca khe gatau
tatropari gudaṃ nyased vijñeyam utkaṭāsanam //

vāmapādaciter mūlaṃ saṃnyasya dharaṇītale
pādadaṇḍena yāmyena veṣṭayed vāmapādakam
jānuyugme karayugmam etat saṃkaṭam āsanam //

dharām avaṣṭabhya karadvayābhyāṃ $
tat kūrpare sthāpitanābhipārśvam &
uccāsane daṇḍavad utthitaḥ khe %
mayūram etat pravadanti pīṭham //

bahukadaśanabhuktaṃ bhasma kuryād aśeṣaṃ $
janayati jaṭharāgniṃ jārayet kālakūṭam &
harati sakalarogān āśu gulmajvarādīn %
bhavati vigatadoṣaṃ hy āsanaṃ śrīmayūram //

padmāsanaṃ samāsādya jānūrvor antare karau
kūrparābhyāṃ samāsīno mañcasthaḥ kukkuṭāsanam //

gulphau ca vṛṣaṇasyādho vyutkrameṇa samāhitau
ṛjukāyaśirogrīvaṃ kūrmāsanam itīritam //

kukkuṭāsanabandhasthaṃ karābhyāṃ dhṛtakandharam
khagakūrmavad uttānam etad uttānakūrmakam //

pādatalau pṛṣṭhadeśe aṅguṣṭhau dvau ca saṃspṛśet
jānuyugmaṃ puraskṛtya sādhayen maṇḍukāsanam //

maṇḍūkāsanabandhasthaṃ kūrparābhyāṃ dhṛtaṃ śiraḥ
etad bhekavad uttānam etad uttānamaṇḍukam //

vāmorumūladeśe ca yāmyaṃ pādaṃ nidhāya tu
tiṣṭhati vṛkṣavad bhūmau vṛkṣāsanam idaṃ viduḥ //

jaṅghorubhyāṃ dharāṃ pīḍya sthirakāyo dvijānunā
jānūpari karayugmaṃ garuḍāsanam ucyate //

yāmyagulphe pāyumūlaṃ vāmabhāge padetaram
viparītaṃ spṛśed bhūmiṃ vṛṣāsanam idaṃ bhavet //

adhyāsya śete padayugmavakṣe $
bhūmim avaṣṭabhya karadvayābhyām &
pādau ca śūnye ca vitasti cordhvaṃ %
vadanti pīṭhaṃ śalabhaṃ munīndrāḥ //

adhyāsya śete hṛdayaṃ nidhāya $
bhūmau ca pādau pravisāryamāṇau &
śiraś ca dhṛtvā karadaṇḍayugme %
dehāgnikāraṃ makarāsanaṃ tat //

adhyāsya śete padayugmam astaṃ $
pṛṣṭhe nidhāyāpi dhṛtaṃ karābhyām &
ākuñcya samyag ghy udarāsyagaṇḍam %
uṣṭraṃ ca pīṭhaṃ yatayo vadanti //

aṅguṣṭhanābhiparyantam adho bhūmau ca vinyaset
karatalābhyāṃ dharāṃ dhṛtvā ūrdhvaṃ śīrṣaṃ phaṇīva hi //

dehāgnir vardhate nityaṃ sarvarogavināśanam
jāgarti bhujagī devī sādhanād bhujaṃgāsanam //

uttānau caraṇau kṛtvā saṃsthāpya jānunopari
āsanopari saṃsthāpya uttānaṃ karayugmakam //

pūrakair vāyum ākṛṣya nāsāgram avalokayet
yogāsanaṃ bhaved etad yogināṃ yogasādhane //