Shloka 63

उमामहेश्वरव्रतं—पञ्चाक्षरमन्त्रस्य माहात्म्यं, न्यासः, जपविधिः, सदाचारः, विनियोगः

Devanagari script

अतीव भोगदो देवि स्थितिन्यासः कुटुंबिनाम् करन्यासं पुरा कृत्वा देहन्यासम् अनन्तरम्

Transliteration

atīva bhogado devi sthitinyāsaḥ kuṭuṃbinām karanyāsaṃ purā kṛtvā dehanyāsam anantaram

Translation

ਹੇ ਦੇਵੀ! ਗ੍ਰਿਹਸਥਾਂ ਲਈ ‘ਸਥਿਤੀ-ਨਿਆਸ’ ਬਹੁਤ ਹੀ ਭੋਗ-ਖੇਮ ਦੇਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਹੈ। ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਕਰ-ਨਿਆਸ ਕਰਕੇ, ਫਿਰ ਦੇਹ-ਨਿਆਸ ਕਰਨਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• अतीव: exceedingly

• भोगदः: giver of enjoyment/prosperity

• देवि: O Goddess

• स्थितिन्यासः: sthiti-nyāsa, the stabilizing/protective ritual installation

• कुटुंबिनाम्: of householders

• करन्यासम्: kara-nyāsa, installation on the hands

• पुरा: first/beforehand

• कृत्वा: having done

• देहन्यासम्: deha-nyāsa, installation on the body

• अनन्तरम्: immediately after/thereafter

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s ritual instructions within the Linga Purana tradition)