Skandapurana 7.18.89_147

7.18.89_147

avyaktaṃ sūkṣmarūpaṃ tu sthūlamākāralakṣaṇama .
sthūlādārabhya sūkṣmaṃ tu dhyānābhyāsānnirūpayet 19 ..41 . .
sūkṣmasaṃropaṇājjyotiḥ prakāśo jāyate mune .
dhyāyataḥ sthūlalakṣyaṃ20 tu sarvadikṣu sṛtaṃ manaḥ .
yadā dīptimadutpadyet tadāśu sthāpayet punaḥ ..42 . .
girau vṛkṣe marutpṛṣṭhe śvabhre prāsādapaṃktiṣu .
samudre vasudhāyāṃ vā manaḥsaṃyogamācaret . .43 ..

The subtle form is unmanifest, while the coarse is characterized by shape. / Beginning from the coarse, one should discern the subtle through the practice of meditation.
From the fixation upon the subtle, a radiant light arises, O sage. / But for one meditating on a coarse target, the mind wanders in all directions;
when it arises radiant, he should immediately steady it once more. / On a mountain, on a tree, on the path of the wind, in a chasm, in a row of palaces,
on the ocean, or on the earth, he should practice union of the mind.