Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 37
न्यासत्रैविध्य-भूतशुद्धि-प्रक्रिया
Threefold Nyāsa and the Procedure of Elemental Purification
पश्चात्प्रणवविद्धीमान्प्रणवन्यासमाचरेत् । बाहुद्वये कूर्परयोस्तथा च मणिबन्धयोः । पार्श्वोदरोरुजंघेषु पादयोः पृष्ठतस्तथा । इत्थं प्रणवविन्यासं कृत्वा न्यासविचक्षणः
paścātpraṇavaviddhīmānpraṇavanyāsamācaret | bāhudvaye kūrparayostathā ca maṇibandhayoḥ | pārśvodarorujaṃgheṣu pādayoḥ pṛṣṭhatastathā | itthaṃ praṇavavinyāsaṃ kṛtvā nyāsavicakṣaṇaḥ
Depois, o praticante sábio, bem instruído no Praṇava, deve realizar o nyāsa do Praṇava. Deve colocá-lo em ambos os braços, nos cotovelos e também nos pulsos; nos flancos e no ventre, nas coxas e nas canelas, nos pés e igualmente nas costas. Assim, tendo disposto desse modo o Praṇava-nyāsa, o perito em nyāsa prossegue (na adoração/meditação).
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s yogic-ritual discipline as taught in the Vayu Samhita context)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Mantra: Oṃ
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches Praṇava-nyāsa—placing Oṁ upon the body—to consecrate the practitioner as a fit vessel for Shiva-worship, aligning body and mind with Pati (Shiva) so the bonds (pāśa) loosen and inner purity supports liberation.
Nyāsa is a preparatory rite before pūjā and dhyāna: by installing Oṁ in the limbs, the devotee approaches the Liṅga (Saguna Shiva) with a sanctified body-mandala, making external worship mirror internal Shiva-presence.
Perform Praṇava-nyāsa by touching the specified body parts while mentally reciting Oṁ, as a mantra-śuddhi and deha-śuddhi practice prior to Shaiva japa, dhyāna, or Liṅga-pūjā.