Goraksha Samhita is composed by the great Yog Gorakantha. Renowned spiritual masters in the East have highly acknowledged and honored him as a Siddha Yog for many centuries. His name is mentioned by Svmi Svtmrma in his classical text Hatha Yoga Pradipk (Chapter One, Verses 4 and 5). He is also one of the Masters mentioned in the Purnas and yogic texts. He is well known as Guru Gorakhanth, and a highly respected, revered and worshipped spiritual master in India and Nepal. The followers of the Nth Tradition worship him as the incarnation of Lord iva, and say that the nine Nths and eighty-four Siddhas belong to Adintha, Lord iva. So, he is also called iva Goraka, the founder of the Natha Siddha tradition.

It is said that Gorakantha was an Eighth Century Siddha Yog. But some say that his physical presence occurred somewhere from the 8th to 11th century. According to the Nath Siddha tradition, Guru Gorakhnth is an immortal sage and takes care of human beings and their welfare.

It is said that Hatha Yog Mastsyendranth was the Guru of Gorakantha. Yog Mastsyendranth received Yoga Vidy (knowledge/wisdom) directly from the mouth of Lord iva through Parvati. It was Guru Gorakantha who summarized the yogic subject matter in two hundred verses, which he had received from his Guru Mastsyendranth, based on the teachings of ri dintha (Lord iva). This summarized text by Gorakantha is called Goraka Samhit (compendium) which is also known as Gorakhsa Paddhati: Yogic Path of Guru Gorakhantha.

Goraka Samhit highly emphasizes the purification of the body, prna and the mind. It is believed that total purification of all impurities on both the physical and prnic levels is absolutely necessary in order to purify the mind. When these impurities are eliminated from the body and the energy blocks are removed, then the foundation for the awakening of the akti is prepared.