Shloka 107
भस्म-प्रकार-त्रिपुण्ड्र-धारण-विधिः
Types of Bhasma and the Method of Wearing Tripuṇḍra
जानुद्वये च पदयोः पृष्ठभागे च षोडश । शिवश्चन्द्र श्च रुद्र ः को विघ्नेशो विष्णुरेव वा
jānudvaye ca padayoḥ pṛṣṭhabhāge ca ṣoḍaśa | śivaścandra śca rudra ḥ ko vighneśo viṣṇureva vā
ഇരുജാനുക്കളിലും, ഇരുപാദങ്ങളിലും, പൃഷ്ഠഭാഗത്തും—ഇവ പതിനാറ് (സ്ഥാനങ്ങൾ/ന്യാസങ്ങൾ) ആകുന്നു. അവയെ ശിവൻ, ചന്ദ്രൻ, രുദ്രൻ, ‘ക’ (ബ്രഹ്മ), വിഘ്നേശൻ (ഗണേശൻ) അല്ലെങ്കിൽ വിഷ്ണു എന്നിങ്ങനെ ധ്യാനിക്കണം.
Suta Goswami (narrating the Shiva Purana teaching to the sages, inferred from Purana dialogue convention)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Rudra
FAQs
It teaches a contemplative mapping where bodily locations are sanctified by identifying them with divine powers, culminating in a Shaiva understanding that all functional deities operate within the supreme sovereignty of Śiva (Pati).
Such identifications support Saguna-upāsanā: the devotee mentally installs divine presences while worshipping Śiva (often through the Liṅga), seeing other deities as Śiva’s śaktis/ministries rather than competing absolutes.
A brief nyāsa-like visualization: mentally placing/remembering Śiva and allied deities in specific body-points during japa or pūjā, ideally alongside Panchākṣarī japa (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and other Shaiva observances.