Shloka 68
गजाननपूजा तथा औपासन-होमविधिः
Worship of Gajānana and the Procedure of Aupāsana-Homa
तेषामथ क्रमाद्भूयाद्भूस्संन्यस्तम्भुवस्तथा । संन्यस्तं सुवरित्युक्त्वा संन्यस्तं पदमुच्चरम्
teṣāmatha kramādbhūyādbhūssaṃnyastambhuvastathā | saṃnyastaṃ suvarityuktvā saṃnyastaṃ padamuccaram
नंतर क्रमाने भूः, भुवः तसेच सुवः या व्याहृतींवर मंत्र पुन्हा संन्यस्त करावा। प्रत्येकाचा “संन्यस्त” असा उच्चार करून, संन्यस्त पद क्रमशः जपावे।
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s prescribed ritual procedure to the sages of Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Mantra: oṃ + vyāhṛti-krama: bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ, suvaḥ (each marked as saṃnyasta/installed)
Type: gayatri
Cosmic Event: Mapping mantra onto the three lokas (bhūr-bhuvaḥ-suvaḥ) as a microcosmic ordering of reality
FAQs
It teaches mantra-nyāsa—‘installing’ sacred sound into the practitioner’s inner field—so worship becomes inwardly consecrated and aligned to Pati (Shiva) rather than remaining merely external.
Nyāsa prepares the devotee to approach the Liṅga with a sanctified body-mind; by placing mantra through the vyāhṛtis, the worshipper treats the self as Shiva’s temple before offering to Saguna Shiva in ritual.
A step-by-step nyāsa/recitation using the vyāhṛtis—Bhūḥ, Bhuvaḥ, Suvaḥ—uttering ‘saṃnyasta’ to affirm the mantra’s placement; it supports japa, dhyāna, and pūjā with steadiness and purity.