Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 29
न्यासत्रैविध्य-भूतशुद्धि-प्रक्रिया
Threefold Nyāsa and the Procedure of Elemental Purification
यकरादिसकारांतान्न्यसेत्सप्तसु धातुषु । हंकारं हृदयस्यांतः क्षकारं भ्रूयुगांतरे । एवं वर्णान्प्रविन्यस्य पञ्चाशद्रुद्रवर्त्मना । अंगवक्त्रकलाभेदात्पञ्च ब्रह्माणि विन्यसेत्
yakarādisakārāṃtānnyasetsaptasu dhātuṣu | haṃkāraṃ hṛdayasyāṃtaḥ kṣakāraṃ bhrūyugāṃtare | evaṃ varṇānpravinyasya pañcāśadrudravartmanā | aṃgavaktrakalābhedātpañca brahmāṇi vinyaset
Hendaklah pengamal meletakkan (melalui nyāsa) huruf-huruf bermula dari “ya” hingga “sa” pada tujuh unsur jasmani. Letakkan “ha” di dalam hati, dan “kṣa” di antara kedua-dua kening. Demikian, setelah huruf-huruf itu dipasang dengan tepat menurut laluan Rudra bagi lima puluh bunyi, hendaklah pula dipasang Lima Brahman, yang dibezakan menurut anggota, wajah, dan tenaga ilahi (kalā).
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Type: panchakshara
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches inner worship through nyāsa: the body is sanctified as Śiva’s field by installing sacred sounds, culminating in the pañcabrahma aspects—revealing Pati (Śiva) as the indwelling Lord who liberates the bound soul (paśu) from bondage (pāśa).
Nyāsa internalizes Saguna worship: instead of only external linga-arcana, the devotee installs Śiva’s mantra-forms in heart and brow, treating the body-temple as the living linga-seat where Śiva’s fivefold revelation (pañcabrahma) is contemplated.
It prescribes varṇa-nyāsa and pañcabrahma-nyāsa: placing letters on the seven dhātus, meditating on ‘ha’ in the heart and ‘kṣa’ at the eyebrow-center (ājñā), then installing the five Brahman aspects as a focused Shaiva mantra-dhyāna practice.