Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 15
न्यासत्रैविध्य-भूतशुद्धि-प्रक्रिया
Threefold Nyāsa and the Procedure of Elemental Purification
देहस्यान्तः प्रविष्टं तं ध्यात्वा हृदयपंकजे । पुनश्चामृतवर्षेण सिंचेद्विद्यामयं वपुः । ततः कुर्यात्करन्यासं करशोधनपूर्वकम् । देहन्यासं ततः पश्चान्महत्या मुद्रया चरेत्
dehasyāntaḥ praviṣṭaṃ taṃ dhyātvā hṛdayapaṃkaje | punaścāmṛtavarṣeṇa siṃcedvidyāmayaṃ vapuḥ | tataḥ kuryātkaranyāsaṃ karaśodhanapūrvakam | dehanyāsaṃ tataḥ paścānmahatyā mudrayā caret
Dengan bermeditasi kepada-Nya yang telah masuk ke dalam tubuh, di teratai hati, hendaklah seseorang sekali lagi memandikan tubuh yang terbentuk daripada mantra dengan hujan amerta. Kemudian, setelah terlebih dahulu menyucikan kedua-dua tangan, hendaklah dilakukan kara-nyāsa (penempatan pada tangan). Sesudah itu lakukan deha-nyāsa (penempatan pada anggota tubuh), lalu teruskan dengan mudrā agung.
Suta Goswami (narrating the Vāyavīya teachings to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Role: teaching
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It teaches internalized Shaiva worship: Śiva is contemplated as the indwelling Lord in the heart-lotus, and the practitioner sanctifies the embodied self into a mantra-formed (vidyāmaya) instrument fit for grace (anugraha) and liberation.
Nyāsa and mudrā are supports for Saguna upāsanā: by installing mantra-power in hands and limbs, the devotee makes the body a living temple for Śiva, complementing external Linga worship with inner realization of the same Pati within.
Meditate on Śiva within the heart, visualize an amṛta-shower purifying the mantra-body, then perform hand purification, kara-nyāsa, deha-nyāsa, and conclude by applying the prescribed great mudrā.