Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 25
न्यासत्रैविध्य-भूतशुद्धि-प्रक्रिया
Threefold Nyāsa and the Procedure of Elemental Purification
ऋं ःं कपोलयोश्चैव ऌअं ॡं नासापुटद्वये । एमेमोष्ठद्वयोरोमौं दंतपंक्तिद्वयोः क्रमात् । अं जिह्वायामथो तालुन्यः प्रयोज्यो यथाक्रमम् । कवर्गं दक्षिणे हस्ते न्यसेत्पञ्चसु संधिषु
ṛṃ ḥṃ kapolayoścaiva ḷaṃ ḹṃ nāsāpuṭadvaye | ememoṣṭhadvayoromauṃ daṃtapaṃktidvayoḥ kramāt | aṃ jihvāyāmatho tālunyaḥ prayojyo yathākramam | kavargaṃ dakṣiṇe haste nyasetpañcasu saṃdhiṣu
Place les syllabes-semences ‘ṛṃ’ et ‘ḥṃ’ sur les deux joues ; ‘ḷaṃ’ et ‘ḹṃ’ sur les deux narines. Dans l’ordre requis, applique ‘e’ et ‘me’ sur les deux lèvres, et ‘omauṃ’ sur les deux rangées de dents. Ensuite place ‘aṃ’ sur la langue, et la syllabe ‘yaḥ’ sur le palais, comme prescrit. Puis installe le groupe de lettres ‘ka’ sur la main droite, à ses cinq articulations.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Type: panchakshara
Role: teaching
FAQs
This verse teaches mantra-nyāsa: sanctifying the body as a temple of Pati (Śiva) by placing bīja-syllables on the senses and speech-organs, so the practitioner’s awareness becomes fit for Śiva-worship and liberation-oriented meditation.
Nyāsa is a preparatory limb of Saguna Śiva-upāsanā: before Linga-pūjā, the devotee installs Śiva’s mantra-power into the body, aligning breath, speech, and perception so worship becomes inwardly consecrated, not merely external.
It prescribes kara- and aṅga-nyāsa using bīja-syllables—placing specific sounds on cheeks, nostrils, lips, teeth, tongue, palate, and then the ka-varga on the right hand’s five joints—typically performed before japa (including Pañcākṣarī) and Linga-pūjā.