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Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 31

न्यासत्रैविध्य-भूतशुद्धि-प्रक्रिया

Threefold Nyāsa and the Procedure of Elemental Purification

Devanagari script

करन्यासाद्यमपि तैः कृत्वा वाथ न वा क्रमात् । शिरोवदनहृद्गुह्यपादेष्वेतानि कल्पयेत् । ततश्चोर्ध्वादिवक्त्राणि पश्चिमांतानि कल्पयेत् । ईशानस्य कलाः पञ्च पञ्चस्वेतेषु च क्रमात्

Transliteration

karanyāsādyamapi taiḥ kṛtvā vātha na vā kramāt | śirovadanahṛdguhyapādeṣvetāni kalpayet | tataścordhvādivaktrāṇi paścimāṃtāni kalpayet | īśānasya kalāḥ pañca pañcasveteṣu ca kramāt

Translation

ເມື່ອໄດ້ປະກອບການວາງມືມັນຕຣາ (kara-nyāsa) ແລະພິທີເບື້ອງຕົ້ນອື່ນໆ ດ້ວຍມັນຕຣາເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນ—ຈະເຮັດຕາມລຳດັບກໍໄດ້ ຫຼືບໍ່ຕາມລຳດັບກໍໄດ້—ພຶງກຳນົດວາງໄວ້ທີ່ສີສະ, ໃບໜ້າ, ຫົວໃຈ, ບ່ອນລັບ, ແລະຝ່າຕີນ. ຕໍ່ຈາກນັ້ນ ພຶງພິຈາລະນາໃບໜ້າທັງຫຼາຍ ເລີ່ມຈາກທິດເທິງ ແລະສິ້ນສຸດທີ່ທິດຕາເວັນຕົກ. ໃນສະຖານທີ່ທັງຫ້ານີ້ ພຶງວາງຕາມລຳດັບ ກະລາ 5 (ພະລັງ) ຂອງ ອີສານະ.

Word by Word

करन्यासाद्यम्beginning with kara-nyāsa (hand-placement)

अपिalso/even

तैःby them/with those

कृत्वाhaving done

वाor

अथthen

नnot

वाor

क्रमात्in sequence/according to order

शिरोवदनहृद्गुह्यपादेषुon the head, face, heart, secret part, and feet

एतानिthese (things/parts)

कल्पयेत्should arrange/assign

ततःthen

चand

ऊर्ध्वादिवक्त्राणिthe faces beginning with the upper (one)

पश्चिमान्तानिending with the western (one)

कल्पयेत्should arrange/assign

ईशानस्यof Īśāna

कलाःparts/kalās

पञ्चfive

पञ्चसुin (the) five

एतेषुin these

चand

क्रमात्in order

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

Shiva

Ishana

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

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.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

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.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

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.