अथ भस्त्रिका ऊर्वोरुपरि संस्थाप्य शुभे पादतले उभे । पद्मासनं भवेदेतत्सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् ॥ २.५९ ॥

atha bhastrikā ūrvorupari saṃsthāpya śubhe pādatale ubhe । padmāsanaṃ bhavedetatsarvapāpapraṇāśanam ॥ 2.59 ॥

Sitting cross-legged with the feet placed on the opposite thigh and the soles facing upward is called Padmásana, which is the destroyer of all sins.