Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 31
न्यासत्रैविध्य-भूतशुद्धि-प्रक्रिया
Threefold Nyāsa and the Procedure of Elemental Purification
करन्यासाद्यमपि तैः कृत्वा वाथ न वा क्रमात् । शिरोवदनहृद्गुह्यपादेष्वेतानि कल्पयेत् । ततश्चोर्ध्वादिवक्त्राणि पश्चिमांतानि कल्पयेत् । ईशानस्य कलाः पञ्च पञ्चस्वेतेषु च क्रमात्
karanyāsādyamapi taiḥ kṛtvā vātha na vā kramāt | śirovadanahṛdguhyapādeṣvetāni kalpayet | tataścordhvādivaktrāṇi paścimāṃtāni kalpayet | īśānasya kalāḥ pañca pañcasveteṣu ca kramāt
ಆ ಮಂತ್ರಗಳಿಂದ ಕರನ್ಯಾಸಾದಿ ಪೂರ್ವಕರ್ಮಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾಡಿ—ಕ್ರಮದಿಂದಾಗಲಿ ಅಕ್ರಮದಿಂದಾಗಲಿ—ಇವುಗಳನ್ನು ಶಿರಸ್ಸು, ಮುಖ, ಹೃದಯ, ಗುಹ್ಯಪ್ರದೇಶ ಮತ್ತು ಪಾದಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ವಿನ್ಯಸಿಸಬೇಕು। ನಂತರ ಊರ್ಧ್ವ ದಿಕ್ಕಿನಿಂದ ಆರಂಭಿಸಿ ಪಶ್ಚಿಮಾಂತವರೆಗೆ ಮುಖಗಳನ್ನು ಧ್ಯಾನಿಸಬೇಕು। ಈ ಐದು ಸ್ಥಾನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಈಶಾನನ ಐದು ಕಲಗಳನ್ನು ಕ್ರಮವಾಗಿ ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಬೇಕು।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches internalizing Śiva-worship through nyāsa—placing mantra-power into one’s own body—so the practitioner becomes a fit vessel for Śiva’s grace (pati-anugraha), aligning body and awareness with Īśāna’s five kalās.
Nyāsa is a saguna upāsanā method: the devotee meditatively installs Śiva’s aspects and potencies in specific bodily loci, making the body a living shrine before or alongside external Liṅga-pūjā.
Kara-nyāsa and aṅga-nyāsa (head, face, heart, guhya, feet), followed by contemplation of the directional faces/aspects and sequential placement of Īśāna’s five kalās—used as a preparatory practice for mantra-japa and dhyāna.