Fourth dhāraṇā. Bhairava names the three classical phases of prāṇāyāma: kumbhitā (retention), recitā (exhalation), pūritā (inhalation). But he is not interested in the phase itself. He cares about the end — tadante.

Each breath phase has a terminal moment. An instant where it finishes. That instant is śānta — peace, stillness, cessation. Not peace as emotion. Peace as absence of movement in consciousness.

Śaktyā śāntaḥ prakāśate — through śakti, the peaceful one illuminates itself. Conscious energy, when directed toward the end of each respiratory phase, reveals a luminous silence. This technique connects directly with Haṭha Yoga prāṇāyāma, but the perspective is tantric: the goal is not to control breath but to use it as a window to pure consciousness.