Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 15
न्यासत्रैविध्य-भूतशुद्धि-प्रक्रिया
Threefold Nyāsa and the Procedure of Elemental Purification
देहस्यान्तः प्रविष्टं तं ध्यात्वा हृदयपंकजे । पुनश्चामृतवर्षेण सिंचेद्विद्यामयं वपुः । ततः कुर्यात्करन्यासं करशोधनपूर्वकम् । देहन्यासं ततः पश्चान्महत्या मुद्रया चरेत्
dehasyāntaḥ praviṣṭaṃ taṃ dhyātvā hṛdayapaṃkaje | punaścāmṛtavarṣeṇa siṃcedvidyāmayaṃ vapuḥ | tataḥ kuryātkaranyāsaṃ karaśodhanapūrvakam | dehanyāsaṃ tataḥ paścānmahatyā mudrayā caret
Meditando en Él, que ha entrado en el interior del cuerpo, en el loto del corazón, debe uno bañar de nuevo el cuerpo hecho de mantra con una lluvia de néctar de amṛta. Luego, tras purificar primero las manos, ha de realizar el kara-nyāsa (instalación en las manos). Después, ha de hacer el deha-nyāsa (instalación en los miembros) y proceder con la gran mudrā.
Suta Goswami (narrating the Vāyavīya teachings to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches internalized Shaiva worship: Śiva is contemplated as the indwelling Lord in the heart-lotus, and the practitioner sanctifies the embodied self into a mantra-formed (vidyāmaya) instrument fit for grace (anugraha) and liberation.
Nyāsa and mudrā are supports for Saguna upāsanā: by installing mantra-power in hands and limbs, the devotee makes the body a living temple for Śiva, complementing external Linga worship with inner realization of the same Pati within.
Meditate on Śiva within the heart, visualize an amṛta-shower purifying the mantra-body, then perform hand purification, kara-nyāsa, deha-nyāsa, and conclude by applying the prescribed great mudrā.