Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 17
न्यासत्रैविध्य-भूतशुद्धि-प्रक्रिया
Threefold Nyāsa and the Procedure of Elemental Purification
अंगन्यासं ततः कृत्वा शिवोक्तेन तु वर्त्मना । वर्णन्यासं ततः कुर्याद्धस्तपादादिसंधिषु । षडंगानि ततो न्यस्य जातिषट्कयुतानि च । दिग्बंधमाचरेत्पश्चादाग्नेयादि यथाक्रमम्
aṃganyāsaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā śivoktena tu vartmanā | varṇanyāsaṃ tataḥ kuryāddhastapādādisaṃdhiṣu | ṣaḍaṃgāni tato nyasya jātiṣaṭkayutāni ca | digbaṃdhamācaretpaścādāgneyādi yathākramam
Dann, dem von Herrn Śiva gelehrten Weg folgend, vollziehe man die Aṅga-Nyāsa. Danach führe man die Varṇa-Nyāsa an den Gelenken von Händen, Füßen und den übrigen Gliedern aus. Sodann, nachdem man die sechs Aṅgas (sechs Hilfsglieder des Mantras) zusammen mit den sechs Lautklassen (jātis) eingesetzt hat, vollziehe man anschließend die Dig-Bandha (Versiegelung der Richtungen), beginnend mit dem Agni-Quadranten und der rechten Ordnung folgend.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Type: kavaca
FAQs
It teaches that Śiva-mantra worship is not merely external: by nyāsa, the sādhaka consecrates the body as a temple of Pati (Śiva), purifying the pashu (individual soul) and preparing the mind for steadiness and grace (anugraha).
Nyāsa and dig-bandha are preparatory acts before saguna upāsanā such as Liṅga-pūjā: they sanctify the limbs, invoke mantra-śakti into the practitioner, and establish a protected sacred space for Śiva’s embodied worship.
It prescribes aṅga-nyāsa and varṇa-nyāsa (placing mantra/syllables on limbs and joints), followed by ṣaḍaṅga-nyāsa and dig-bandha (directional sealing), typically done before japa of the Pañcākṣarī or related Śaiva mantras.