Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 52

लिङ्ग-बेर-प्रतिष्ठाविधिः / The Procedure for Installing the Liṅga and the Bera

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पञ्च ब्रह्माणि तद्बीजैस्तेषु पञ्चसु पञ्चभिः । न्यस्य संपूज्य मुद्रादि दर्शयित्वाभिरक्ष्य च

Transliteration

pañca brahmāṇi tadbījaisteṣu pañcasu pañcabhiḥ | nyasya saṃpūjya mudrādi darśayitvābhirakṣya ca

Translation

Placing (nyāsa) the five Brahma-mantras together with their seed-syllables upon the five corresponding loci by means of the five nyāsas, one should worship them fully; then, having displayed the mudrās and the other ritual signs, one should protect the rite and oneself with consecratory safeguarding.

Word by Word

• pañca: five
• pañca: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; यहाँ विशेषणरूपेण (indeclinable numeral used adjectivally)

• brahmāṇi: the five Brahmas (Brahma-mantras/aspects)
• brahmāṇi: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन

• tat-bījaiḥ: with their seed(-syllables)
• tat-bījaiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + bīja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (teṣāṃ bījaiḥ)

• teṣu: in/among those
• teṣu: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• pañcasu: in the five
• pañcasu: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक विशेषण

• pañcabhiḥ: with five
• pañcabhiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक विशेषण

• nyasya: having placed
• nyasya: Kriya (क्रिया; पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ni-ās (नि + आस् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) ‘having placed/installed’

• saṃpūjya: having duly worshipped
• saṃpūjya: Kriya (क्रिया; पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √saṃ-pūj (सम् + पूज् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) ‘having worshipped’

• mudrā-ādi: mudrās and the like
• mudrā-ādi: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mudrā (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; ‘ādi’ अन्तःपदेन तत्पुरुष (mudrādayaḥ) समाहारार्थे

• darśayitvā: having shown
• darśayitvā: Kriya (क्रिया; पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रत्ययान्त causative (दर्शयति) का क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त: ‘having shown’

• abhirakṣya: having safeguarded
• abhirakṣya: Kriya (क्रिया; पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √abhi-rakṣ (अभि + रक्ष् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) ‘having protected/guarded’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: pañca brahmāṇi tadbījaisteṣu pañcasu pañcabhiḥ | nyasya saṃpūjya mudrādi darśayitvābhirakṣya ca

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that disciplined inner installation (nyāsa) and reverent worship of Shiva’s pañcabrahma aspects purify the practitioner’s body-mind as a fit seat for Pati (Shiva), loosening pāśa (bondage) and orienting one toward liberation.

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

Nyāsa, bīja, and mudrā are preparatory acts that sacralize the worshipper and the rite before approaching Saguna Shiva in the Linga; the five aspects are contemplated as Shiva’s manifest powers expressed through mantra and ritual form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform pañcabrahma-nyāsa with the associated bīja-mantras, offer complete worship, show the prescribed mudrās, and conclude with protective acts (rakṣā/kavaca) to seal the sādhana.