Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 31
न्यासत्रैविध्य-भूतशुद्धि-प्रक्रिया
Threefold Nyāsa and the Procedure of Elemental Purification
करन्यासाद्यमपि तैः कृत्वा वाथ न वा क्रमात् । शिरोवदनहृद्गुह्यपादेष्वेतानि कल्पयेत् । ततश्चोर्ध्वादिवक्त्राणि पश्चिमांतानि कल्पयेत् । ईशानस्य कलाः पञ्च पञ्चस्वेतेषु च क्रमात्
karanyāsādyamapi taiḥ kṛtvā vātha na vā kramāt | śirovadanahṛdguhyapādeṣvetāni kalpayet | tataścordhvādivaktrāṇi paścimāṃtāni kalpayet | īśānasya kalāḥ pañca pañcasveteṣu ca kramāt
Setelah melaksanakan kara-nyāsa (penempatan pada tangan) dan persiapan lain dengan mantra-mantra itu—sama ada mengikut tertib atau tidak—hendaklah ia menempatkannya pada kepala, wajah, hati, bahagian rahsia, dan kaki. Sesudah itu, hendaklah ia merenungkan wajah-wajah bermula dari arah atas hingga berakhir pada arah barat. Pada lima tempat ini, hendaklah diletakkan menurut urutan lima kalā (daya) Īśāna.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches internalizing Śiva-worship through nyāsa—placing mantra-power into one’s own body—so the practitioner becomes a fit vessel for Śiva’s grace (pati-anugraha), aligning body and awareness with Īśāna’s five kalās.
Nyāsa is a saguna upāsanā method: the devotee meditatively installs Śiva’s aspects and potencies in specific bodily loci, making the body a living shrine before or alongside external Liṅga-pūjā.
Kara-nyāsa and aṅga-nyāsa (head, face, heart, guhya, feet), followed by contemplation of the directional faces/aspects and sequential placement of Īśāna’s five kalās—used as a preparatory practice for mantra-japa and dhyāna.