The Explanation of Sandhyā and Related Daily Observances
Saṅdhyā-ādi Nitya-karma-Vidhi
कनिष्ठया नाभिदेशं सर्वत्राङ्गुष्ठयोजनम् । आत्मविद्याशिवैस्तत्त्वैस्वाहान्तैः शैवमीरितम् ॥ ५१ ॥
kaniṣṭhayā nābhideśaṃ sarvatrāṅguṣṭhayojanam | ātmavidyāśivaistattvaisvāhāntaiḥ śaivamīritam || 51 ||
कनिष्ठा बोटाने नाभीप्रदेश स्पर्श करावा व सर्वत्र अंगठ्याच्या प्रमाणाने चिन्ह करावे; “आत्म-विद्या”पासून आरंभ होऊन “शिव” तत्त्वे आणि “स्वाहा”ने समाप्त होणाऱ्या मंत्रांनी न्यास करणे—ही शैव विधी सांगितली आहे।
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
It describes a disciplined inner-ritual (nyāsa) where Śaiva principles (tattvas) are ritually “installed” in the body, using precise touch and measurement, making the practitioner’s body a consecrated field for mantra and realization.
Here devotion is expressed as embodied reverence—careful mantra-placement and remembrance of Śiva’s principles—showing bhakti not only as emotion but as a precise sādhana aligning body, speech, and mind with the deity.
It highlights technical ritual procedure—measured placement (aṅguṣṭha-pramāṇa) and mantra-formulas like “svāhā”—reflecting the applied, methodical side of Vedic practice (kalpa-style ritual precision).