Shloka 35
न्यासवर्णनम् (Nyāsa-varṇanam) — Description of Nyāsa in the Saṃnyāsa Procedure
एवं त्र्यावरणं देवं समभ्यर्च्य दिवाकरम् । विरच्य मंडलं पश्चाच्चतुरस्रं समाहितः
evaṃ tryāvaraṇaṃ devaṃ samabhyarcya divākaram | viracya maṃḍalaṃ paścāccaturasraṃ samāhitaḥ
ಈ ರೀತಿ ತ್ರ್ಯಾವರಣದ ದೇವತಾರೂಪ ದಿವಾಕರ (ಸೂರ್ಯದೇವ)ನನ್ನು ವಿಧಿಪೂರ್ವಕವಾಗಿ ಪೂಜಿಸಿ, ಸಮಾಹಿತಚಿತ್ತನಾಗಿ ಮೊದಲು ಮಂಡಲವನ್ನು ರಚಿಸಿ, ನಂತರ ಚತುರಸ್ರ (ಚೌಕಾಕಾರ) ಆಕೃತಿಯನ್ನು ವಿನ್ಯಾಸಗೊಳಿಸಬೇಕು।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Tatpurusha
Sthala Purana: This is a procedural ritual verse: worship of Divākara (Sun) as ‘tryāvaraṇa’ followed by construction of a maṇḍala and a square diagram—typical of preparatory enclosure and consecration steps rather than a site-myth.
Significance: Highlights disciplined ritual geometry and mental collectedness (samāhita) as prerequisites for successful Śaiva worship—symbolically moving from outer enclosures to inner focus.
Role: teaching
Offering: pushpa
Cosmic Event: Solar invocation as ritual ordering principle; establishment of protective enclosures (āvaraṇa) and mandalic space.
FAQs
It highlights that effective worship is both outer and inner: the deity is honored through a structured ritual space (maṇḍala with enclosures) while the sādhaka remains samāhita—steady and inwardly collected—so devotion matures into yogic concentration.
In Shaiva practice, preparing a consecrated diagram and honoring deities in ordered ‘enclosures’ supports saguna-upāsanā—worship with form—by sanctifying the field in which Shiva (often as the Liṅga) is invoked and served with purity and method.
It suggests maṇḍala-vidhi (drawing/arranging a sacred diagram) with a threefold protective enclosure and a square layout, performed with mental steadiness (samāhita). This pairs naturally with mantra-japa and meditative focus during worship.