Shloka 60
न्यासवर्णनम् (Nyāsa-varṇanam) — Description of Nyāsa in the Saṃnyāsa Procedure
पुनश्च संयतप्राणः कुर्याद्दृष्ट्यादिकं बुधः । शंकरं संस्मरंश्चित्ते संन्यसेच्च विमत्सरः
punaśca saṃyataprāṇaḥ kuryāddṛṣṭyādikaṃ budhaḥ | śaṃkaraṃ saṃsmaraṃścitte saṃnyasecca vimatsaraḥ
पुनश्च संयतप्राणो बुधो दृष्ट्यादिकं कुर्यात्। चित्ते शंकरं संस्मरन् विमत्सरः सर्वाधारान् संन्यस्य तस्मिन्नेवात्मानं न्यसेत्॥
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s yogic teaching as preserved in the Kailasa Samhita)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches that inner purification and liberation arise from disciplined yoga—breath-restraint and focused attention—joined with constant remembrance of Śiva, and supported by the ethical virtue of being free from envy.
It points to inward Saguna upāsanā: Śaṅkara is to be remembered and installed in the heart-mind as the chosen Lord, so that external supports (including other objects of attention) are gradually renounced and consciousness rests in Śiva alone.
A meditative sequence is implied: prāṇāyāma (restraint of prāṇa), steadiness of gaze/inner focus (dṛṣṭi-ādika), and dhyāna through continuous remembrance of Śaṅkara—practised with a non-envious, purified disposition.