Śivasaṃhitā 5.175

The brahmarandhra, the aperture at the crown through which kuṇḍalinī exits toward liberation, is accessible through meditation without any extraordinary prerequisites. «Mere meditation» (dhyāna-mātreṇa) on this point makes the mortal vallabha to Śiva: beloved, chosen, dear. The contrast is with those who seek Brahman in intellectual debate about the manifest and unmanifest.

Randhra is aperture/hole, martyā the mortal (mṛtyu = death), vallabha the beloved or favorite (val = to choose, desire), satyam-jñānam-ānandam (truth-knowledge-bliss) is Brahman’s classical definition in the Taittirīya Upaniṣad.

This verse makes a radical claim: liberation is available even within saṃsāra, for the ordinary mortal, through a simple practice. No external renunciation, encyclopedic knowledge, or special lineage is required. Only meditative orientation toward the brahmarandhra. The Śiva-saṃhitā reaffirms its democratic accessibility here, which would also characterize the subsequent bhakti movement.