Śivasaṃhitā 5.120

This verse completes the thought begun in verse 119: whoever experiences the dissolution of the mind through divine grace is protected from all harm, sustained by the inherent force of their own body. The assertion is remarkable because it locates the source of protection not in an external entity but in the śakti of the organism itself, revealing the Tantric vision of the body as a repository of sacred power.

The term śakti — power, energy, potency — here qualified by svaśarīrasya (of one’s own body), points to the Tantric doctrine of the body as a divine microcosm. The root kṣati (harm, diminishment, deterioration) is significant: it suggests that mental absorption in the higher center produces a bodily integrity that transcends ordinary vulnerability. The advanced yogin’s body is not weakened but strengthened by the practice.

Within the system of the Śivasaṃhitā, this verse forms part of the description of the effects of meditation on the higher centers. The idea that spiritual realization confers physical invulnerability is recurrent in haṭhayoga texts and also appears in the Yogabīja and the yogic Upaniṣads. Far from being a magical assertion, it reflects the understanding that the harmonization of subtle and physical planes produces extraordinary health and resilience.