Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 44
न्यासत्रैविध्य-भूतशुद्धि-प्रक्रिया
Threefold Nyāsa and the Procedure of Elemental Purification
ध्यानयज्ञो ज्ञानयज्ञः पञ्च यज्ञाः प्रकीर्तिताः । कर्मयज्ञरताः केचित्तपोयज्ञरताः परे । जपयज्ञरताश्चान्ये ध्यानयज्ञरतास्तथा
dhyānayajño jñānayajñaḥ pañca yajñāḥ prakīrtitāḥ | karmayajñaratāḥ kecittapoyajñaratāḥ pare | japayajñaratāścānye dhyānayajñaratāstathā
Yajña sebagai meditasi dan yajña sebagai pengetahuan—demikianlah lima yajña diumumkan. Ada yang tekun pada karma-yajña, ada yang tekun pada tapo-yajña; yang lain tekun pada japa-yajña, dan demikian juga pada dhyāna-yajña (yajña meditasi).
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: teaching
FAQs
It reframes yajña as an inner offering: action, austerity, mantra-recitation, meditation, and knowledge become spiritual sacrifices that purify the soul (paśu) and lead it toward Shiva (Pati), loosening the bonds (pāśa).
In Linga/Saguna worship, external rites (karma-yajña) are supported by inner disciplines—japa of Shiva’s mantras, meditation on Shiva, and contemplative knowledge—so devotion matures from ritual to direct inner communion with Shiva.
Adopt japa-yajña and dhyāna-yajña: repeat a Shiva-mantra (especially the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with steady attention, and offer the mind into meditation as the primary inner sacrifice.