The Pradipika is divided into four parts. The first explains yamas (restraints on behaviour), niyamas (observances), asanas (posture) and food.

The second describes pranayama (control or restraint of
energy), and the shatkarmas (internal cleansing practices).

The third deals with mudras (seals), bandhas (locks), the nadis (channels of energy through which prana flows) and the kundalini power.

The fourth expounds pratyahara (withdrawal of the senses), dharana (concentration), dhyana (meditation), and samadhi (absorption).

In all, the text contains 390 verses (floras). Out of these, about forty deal with asanas, approximately one hundred and ten with pranayama, one hundred and fifty with mudras, bandhas and Shatkarmas and the rest with pratyahara, dharana, dhyana and samadhi.