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
種子音‘ṛṃ’と‘ḥṃ’を両頬に、‘ḷaṃ’と‘ḹṃ’を両鼻孔に置く。次いで順に、‘e’と‘me’を両唇に、‘omauṃ’を上下二列の歯に施す。さらに‘aṃ’を舌に、‘yaḥ’を口蓋に、規定のとおりに安置する。続いて‘ka’群の字母を右手の五つの関節にニヤーサせよ。
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.