Shloka 25
गजाननपूजा तथा औपासन-होमविधिः
Worship of Gajānana and the Procedure of Aupāsana-Homa
जंघां च योजयेत्पश्चात्त्वगाद्यं धातुसप्तकम् । प्राणाद्यं पञ्चकं पश्चादन्नाद्यं कोशपञ्चकम्
jaṃghāṃ ca yojayetpaścāttvagādyaṃ dhātusaptakam | prāṇādyaṃ pañcakaṃ paścādannādyaṃ kośapañcakam
Luego debe uno colocar mentalmente (y contemplar) las pantorrillas; después, los siete constituyentes corporales comenzando por la piel; luego, el grupo de cinco comenzando por prāṇa; y después, las cinco envolturas (kośa) comenzando por annamaya—ordenando así los principios encarnados para el discernimiento yóguico bajo la enseñanza de Śiva.
Lord Shiva (teaching yogic/inner contemplation in the Kailāsa-saṁhitā)
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
FAQs
It instructs a step-by-step inner mapping of the body’s layers—limbs, constituents (dhātus), vital functions, and the five kośas—so the seeker can discriminate the bound soul’s instruments (pāśa) from the witnessing Self that is to be offered to Śiva for liberation.
Such contemplation supports Saguna Śiva-upāsanā by purifying attention: as the practitioner recognizes body and prāṇa as mutable coverings, the mind becomes fit to steady itself on Śiva’s form (Liṅga) and, through grace, move toward the formless reality beyond coverings.
A meditative nyāsa-like internal placement: sequentially contemplate the bodily limb, the dhātus, the prāṇa-group, and the five kośas, using this discernment to detach from identification and to fix devotion on Śiva (optionally alongside japa of the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”).