The Path of liberation of the individual soul from bondage. Isvara said : - Verse 97
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 11 · Verse 97
Sanskrit Original
सर्वं लिङ्गमयं ह्येतत सर्वं लिङ्गे प्रतिष्ठितम। तस्माल्लिङ्गे ऽर्चयेदीशं यत्र क्वचन शाश्वतम।।
sarvaṃ liṅgamayaṃ hyetat sarvaṃ liṅge pratiṣṭhitam| tasmālliṅge 'rcayedīśaṃ yatra kvacana śāśvatam||
Lihga pertaining to Isvara must be conceived of in jewels etc., and the Lord may be worshipped. All this is one with Lihga and everything is within Lihga. 98-99a. Hence one should worship the Eternal Lord anywhere in the Lihga. The performers (of sacrifices and rituals) regard it as existing in the fire, the wise ones in water, the sky and in the sun, the fools in wood (i.e. idols made of wood) but with Yogins the Lihga is in their hearts. 99b-100a. Even if the spiritual knowledge has not dawned, if one is detached, if one has sufficient love, one should perform the Japa of Pranava as long as one lives. Since it is Brahma’s physical body. lOOb-lOla. Or a Brahmana should perform the Japa of Satarudriya until death. He should have full control over the mind and remain single. He attains the greatest region. 101b-103a. O Brahmanas, one should remain at Varanasi with full concentration until death. By means of the grace of god Siva, he attains the greatest region. There, the lord grants the greatest knowledge to all the embodied beings at the time of departure (passing away.) Thereby they are liberated from bondage. 103b-104a. If a devotee fully dedicates himself unto me and performs the entire duties of the four castes and stages of life, he obtains perfect knowledge in the very same birth and attains the auspicious region. 104b-105. O Brahmanas, all those people of lowly birth and sinful origin who reside there, cross the ocean of worldly existence, thanks to the grace of Isvara. But obstacles befall those persons whose minds are affected by sins. II.ll.106-117a 385