Shloka 73

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

Devanagari script

जंघास्फिक्कटिपार्श्वेषु वामदेवस्य भावयेत् । सद्यस्यापि कला चाष्टौ नेत्रेषु च यथाक्रमम्

Transliteration

jaṃghāsphikkaṭipārśveṣu vāmadevasya bhāvayet | sadyasyāpi kalā cāṣṭau netreṣu ca yathākramam

Translation

One should contemplate Vāmadeva in the shanks, buttocks, waist, and the sides. Likewise, one should meditate on the eight kalās of Sadyojāta, placing them in the eyes in their proper order.

Word by Word

• jaṃghā-sphik-kaṭi-pārśveṣu: in the shanks, hips, waist, and sides
• jaṃghā-sphik-kaṭi-pārśveṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण; location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaṃghā + sphik + kaṭi + pārśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (collective/locative plural usage), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural; dvandva enumeration ‘in the shanks, buttocks, waist, and sides’

• vāmadevasya: of Vāmadeva
• vāmadevasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāma-deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; ‘Vāmadeva’ (name of a form/face of Śiva)

• bhāvayet: should contemplate/visualize
• bhāvayet: Kriyā (क्रिया; main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धाातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (optative), 3rd person, Singular; causative stem (णिच्) from √bhū → bhāvayati ‘to contemplate/visualize’

• sadyasya: of Sadya (Sadyōjāta)
• sadyasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sadya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th), Singular; ‘Sadya’ (Sadyōjāta)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात) meaning ‘also/even’

• kalāḥ: parts/kalās
• kalāḥ: Karma (कर्म; object understood with bhāvayet—‘visualize the kalās’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st), Plural

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय; coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• aṣṭau: eight
• aṣṭau: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral adjective, Feminine, Nominative, Plural (Vedic/irregular count-form used with feminine plural kalāḥ)

• netreṣu: in the eyes
• netreṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण; location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: netra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th), Plural

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• yathā-kramam: in due order
• yathā-kramam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā + krama (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverbial avyayībhāva: ‘according to order/sequence’

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Kailasa Samhita teachings to the sages, conveying Shiva’s yogic-ritual instruction)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Vāmadeva

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Vamadeva
• Sadyojata

FAQs

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

It teaches internalized Shiva-upasana: the devotee installs Shiva’s Panchabrahma aspects within the body through dhyāna, turning the body-mind into a purified temple oriented toward liberation (moksha) under Pati (Shiva).

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

Just as the Linga is worshipped externally as Saguna Shiva, this verse prescribes the inner Linga-worship (antar-yāga) by visualizing Shiva’s aspects—Vāmadeva and Sadyojāta—mapped onto bodily locations, harmonizing outer ritual with inner realization.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A structured dhyāna practice: mentally place Vāmadeva in specific lower-body regions and contemplate Sadyojāta’s eight kalās in the eyes in sequence—often done alongside mantra-japa (e.g., Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and steady breath-awareness.