Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 17
न्यासत्रैविध्य-भूतशुद्धि-प्रक्रिया
Threefold Nyāsa and the Procedure of Elemental Purification
अंगन्यासं ततः कृत्वा शिवोक्तेन तु वर्त्मना । वर्णन्यासं ततः कुर्याद्धस्तपादादिसंधिषु । षडंगानि ततो न्यस्य जातिषट्कयुतानि च । दिग्बंधमाचरेत्पश्चादाग्नेयादि यथाक्रमम्
aṃganyāsaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā śivoktena tu vartmanā | varṇanyāsaṃ tataḥ kuryāddhastapādādisaṃdhiṣu | ṣaḍaṃgāni tato nyasya jātiṣaṭkayutāni ca | digbaṃdhamācaretpaścādāgneyādi yathākramam
ਫਿਰ ਸ਼ਿਵ-ਉਪਦੇਸ਼ਿਤ ਮਾਰਗ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਅੰਗ-ਨਿਆਸ ਕਰੇ। ਇਸ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਹੱਥਾਂ, ਪੈਰਾਂ ਆਦਿ ਦੇ ਜੋੜਾਂ ਉੱਤੇ ਵਰਣ-ਨਿਆਸ ਕਰੇ। ਫਿਰ ਛਡੰਗ ਅਤੇ ਸ਼ਬਦਾਂ ਦੀਆਂ ਛੇ ਜਾਤੀਆਂ ਸਮੇਤ ਨਿਆਸ ਕਰਕੇ, ਆਗਨੇਯ ਦਿਸ਼ਾ ਤੋਂ ਕ੍ਰਮਵਾਰ ਦਿਗਬੰਧ ਕਰੇ।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Type: kavaca
FAQs
It teaches that Śiva-mantra worship is not merely external: by nyāsa, the sādhaka consecrates the body as a temple of Pati (Śiva), purifying the pashu (individual soul) and preparing the mind for steadiness and grace (anugraha).
Nyāsa and dig-bandha are preparatory acts before saguna upāsanā such as Liṅga-pūjā: they sanctify the limbs, invoke mantra-śakti into the practitioner, and establish a protected sacred space for Śiva’s embodied worship.
It prescribes aṅga-nyāsa and varṇa-nyāsa (placing mantra/syllables on limbs and joints), followed by ṣaḍaṅga-nyāsa and dig-bandha (directional sealing), typically done before japa of the Pañcākṣarī or related Śaiva mantras.