Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c19.61

c19.61

Suṣumṇā is called also brahmanāḍī (The Brahma-channel),⁹ Śūnyapadavī (path-of-non-existence, empty-path), brahmarandhra (hole-in-the-skull), mahāpatha (the-great-highway), śmaśāna (burial-ground), śāmbhavī (Durgā; sacred to Śiva), madhyamārga (middle-path), and śaktimārga (path of śakti).¹⁰ It is identified with the spinal cord,¹¹ and is said to extend from the mūlādhāra to the vacuum below the hole-in-the-skull. It is the path of enjoyment, in which male and female unite.