The ascension process according to Mahāvedha: piercing successive centers — brahmarandhra, place of Viṣṇu (heart), place of Rudra (throat) — until reaching the crown.

This is a description of the awakening of kuṇḍalinī through the cakras. Each “piercing” is the opening of a blocked energy center.

“Sees the god” (devaṃ prapaśyati) describes the direct vision of divine reality that results. It is not belief or imagination; it is immediate experience.