Śivasaṃhitā 3.97

A second Kāmadeva: the image repeats and deepens. Kāmadeva, the god of love and beauty who was incinerated by Śiva’s gaze and then resurrected as Ananga (the bodiless one), is the symbol of beauty transcending physical form. The yogin who becomes «a second Kāmadeva» has achieved what Kāmadeva lost when burned by Śiva: the capacity to radiate kāma (desire, love, attraction) from a body that is simultaneously physical and subtle.

Svastikāsana as sukhasana — easy, comfortable posture — reveals its paradoxical nature: the simplest posture is also the most universal and the one that best sustains prolonged meditation. Sukha (comfort, pleasure, ease) in classical yoga is not relaxation but the absence of unnecessary tension: the perfect posture is that which the practitioner can maintain indefinitely without effort, without the distraction of physical discomfort.

Svastikāsana’s secret — «it should be kept secret by the yogin» — surprises since it appears to be a seemingly trivial posture. The secret is not in the posture’s form but in the complete practice that svastikāsana enables: the khecarī, vāyusādhana, and dhāraṇā techniques practiced within it. The container is simple; what it contains is of incalculable value.