The Path of liberation of the individual soul from bondage. Isvara said : - Verse 61
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 11 · Verse 61
Sanskrit Original
आत्मानमथ कर्तारं तत्रानलसमत्विषम। मध्ये वह्निशिखाकारं पुरुषं पञ्चविंशकम।।
ātmānamatha kartāraṃ tatrānalasamatviṣam| madhye vahniśikhākāraṃ puruṣaṃ pañcaviṃśakam||
This is the secret-most knowledge. Now another type of meditation is described. After having contemplated as before on the excellent lotus in the heart, the Atman should be thought of as a doer,^ with the lustre equal to that of fire. In ■the middle of that lotus, Purusa, the twentyfifth principle should be thought of as being of the form of the flame of fire. 62-63, He should meditate upon the supreme Atman in its middle—^The Paramatman as the supreme firmament, the principle expressed by Oihkara and called eternal, auspicious, the unmanifest, latent in Prakrti and the supreme light, the inner highest principle, the basis of Atman and unsullied.