Shloka 17
लिङ्गार्चनविधिक्रमः—शुद्धि, न्यास, आसनकल्पना, अभिषेक, स्तोत्र-प्रदक्षिणा
Adhyaya 27
Devanagari script
न्यसेत्पञ्चाक्षरं चैव गायत्रीं रुद्रदेवताम् केवलं प्रणवं वापि वेदसारमनुत्तमम्
Transliteration
nyasetpañcākṣaraṃ caiva gāyatrīṃ rudradevatām kevalaṃ praṇavaṃ vāpi vedasāramanuttamam
Translation
Следует совершать ньясу с пятисложной мантрой (pañcākṣara) и также с Гаятри, чьё божество — Рудра; либо, иначе, только одной пранавой «Ом» — непревзойдённой сущностью Вед.
Word by Word
nyasetone should place/perform nyāsa
nyaset:
pañcākṣaramthe five-syllabled mantra (Namaḥ Śivāya)
pañcākṣaram:
ca evaand indeed/also
ca eva:
gāyatrīmthe Gāyatrī-mantra
gāyatrīm:
rudra-devatāmhaving Rudra as its presiding deity
rudra-devatām:
kevalamalone/only
kevalam:
praṇavamthe Praṇava (Oṃ)
praṇavam:
vā apior even/alternatively
vā api:
veda-sāramthe essence of the Vedas
veda-sāram:
anuttamamunsurpassed, supreme
anuttamam:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating traditional Rudra-nyāsa and mantra practice to the sages of Naimisharanya)