Shloka 27

न्यासवर्णनम् (Nyāsa-varṇanam) — Description of Nyāsa in the Saṃnyāsa Procedure

Devanagari script

पंचोपचारान्संकल्प्य मूलेनाभ्यर्चयेत्त्रिधा । केशरेषु च पद्मस्य षडंगानि महेश्वरि

Transliteration

paṃcopacārānsaṃkalpya mūlenābhyarcayettridhā | keśareṣu ca padmasya ṣaḍaṃgāni maheśvari

Translation

Having resolved in the mind the five offerings (pañcopacāra), one should worship Śiva three times with the root-mantra (mūla-mantra). And upon the filaments of the lotus, O Mahēśvarī, one should place the nyāsa of the six limbs (ṣaḍaṅga).

Word by Word

• पञ्च-उपचारान्: the five offerings (upacāras)
• पञ्च-उपचारान्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + उपचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास ‘five offerings/services’

• संकल्प्य: having resolved/arranged
• संकल्प्य: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कॢप् (धातु) + सम् (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), ‘having resolved/arranged/intended’

• मूलेन: with the root (mantra)
• मूलेन: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; here ‘mūla-mantra’ implied

• अभ्यर्चयेत्: should worship
• अभ्यर्चयेत्: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु) + अभि (उपसर्ग)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• त्रिधा: threefold
• त्रिधा: प्रकाराधिकरण (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रिधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकार/विभाग (adverb: ‘in three ways/threefold’)

• केशरेषु: in the filaments (of the lotus)
• केशरेषु: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पद्मस्य: of the lotus
• पद्मस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (genitive), एकवचन

• षड्-अङ्गानि: the six limbs (ṣaḍaṅgas)
• षड्-अङ्गानि: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षड् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास ‘six limbs’

• महेश्वरि: O Maheshvarī
• महेश्वरि: सम्बोधन (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Mantra Metadata

Type: panchakshara

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: teaching

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It teaches that outer worship (pañcopacāra) must be sealed by inner intention (saṅkalpa) and empowered by mantra and nyāsa—so devotion becomes a disciplined, consciousness-based approach to Pati (Śiva) rather than mere ritual.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

The verse outlines a saguna mode of worship—offering services and invoking Śiva through the root-mantra—while ṣaḍaṅga nyāsa sanctifies the worshipper’s body-mind as a fit vessel to approach the Liṅga as the living presence of Pati.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform pañcopacāra pūjā with a clear saṅkalpa, repeat the mūla-mantra three times, and do ṣaḍaṅga nyāsa (hṛdaya–śiras–śikhā–kavaca–netra–astra) on the lotus filaments (or mentally on the worship-seat) to stabilize mantra-śakti.