Shloka 64

उमामहेश्वरव्रतं—पञ्चाक्षरमन्त्रस्य माहात्म्यं, न्यासः, जपविधिः, सदाचारः, विनियोगः

Devanagari script

अङ्गन्यासं न्यसेत्पश्चाद् एष साधारणो विधिः ओङ्कारं संपुटीकृत्य सर्वाङ्गेषु च विन्यसेत्

Transliteration

aṅganyāsaṃ nyasetpaścād eṣa sādhāraṇo vidhiḥ oṅkāraṃ saṃpuṭīkṛtya sarvāṅgeṣu ca vinyaset

Translation

Thereafter, one should perform aṅga-nyāsa (the placement of mantra-power upon the limbs). This is the common, standard procedure. Enclosing the practice with the syllable Oṃ as a protective seal, one should then place it upon all the limbs—so that the body becomes a sanctified seat for Śiva’s mantra.

Word by Word

• अङ्गन्यासम् (aṅganyāsam): limb-nyāsa, assigning mantra to the body

• न्यसेत् (nyaset): should place/perform

• पश्चात् (paścāt): thereafter

• एष (eṣa): this

• साधारणः (sādhāraṇaḥ): general/common

• विधिः (vidhiḥ): rule/ritual procedure

• ओङ्कारम् (oṅkāram): the syllable Oṃ

• संपुटीकृत्य (saṃpuṭīkṛtya): having enclosed/covered as with a casing, sealed

• सर्वाङ्गेषु (sarvāṅgeṣu): in all limbs/throughout the body

• च (ca): and

• विन्यसेत् (vinyaset): should arrange/place (systematically).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga-puja vidhi to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It teaches the prerequisite inner consecration for Linga-puja: by aṅga-nyāsa and sealing with Oṃ, the sādhaka makes the body a fit vessel for Śiva-mantra before external offerings.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Śiva-tattva is approached here as mantra-presence (Pati) that can be installed within the embodied pashu; when the limbs are permeated by mantra, bondage (pāśa) is weakened through sanctified awareness.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Aṅga-nyāsa and mantra-vinyāsa, with Oṃ as a protective saṃpuṭa (seal), a core preparatory discipline aligned with Pāśupata-style mantra-sādhana and ritual purity.