Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 39
न्यासत्रैविध्य-भूतशुद्धि-प्रक्रिया
Threefold Nyāsa and the Procedure of Elemental Purification
हंसन्यासं प्रकुर्वीत शिवशास्त्रे यथोदितम् । बीजं विभज्य हंसस्य नेत्रयोर्घ्राणयोरपि । विभज्य बाहुनेत्रास्यललाटे घ्राणयोरपि । कक्षयोः स्कन्धयोश्चैव पार्श्वयोस्तनयोस्तथा
haṃsanyāsaṃ prakurvīta śivaśāstre yathoditam | bījaṃ vibhajya haṃsasya netrayorghrāṇayorapi | vibhajya bāhunetrāsyalalāṭe ghrāṇayorapi | kakṣayoḥ skandhayoścaiva pārśvayostanayostathā
شَیو شاستر کے مطابق ہنس-نیاس کرنا چاہیے۔ ‘ہنس’ کے بیج کو تقسیم کر کے آنکھوں اور نتھنوں میں رکھے۔ اسی طرح بازوؤں میں، آنکھوں، منہ، پیشانی اور ناک میں بھی اس کا وِن्यास کرے۔ پھر بغلوں، کندھوں، پہلوؤں اور سینے پر بھی اسے قائم کرے۔
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Mantra: haṃsa (seed divided for nyāsa)
Role: teaching
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It teaches Haṃsa-nyāsa—sanctifying the body with mantra so the practitioner recognizes the body and breath as instruments of Śiva, turning ordinary sense-centers into purified supports for contemplation and liberation (moksha) in a Shaiva Siddhanta spirit of disciplined worship.
Nyāsa prepares the worshipper as a fit vessel for Saguna Śiva-upāsanā (including Liṅga worship) by consecrating limbs and senses; the external liṅga-pūjā is mirrored internally as the body is treated as a sacred seat where Śiva’s presence is invoked through mantra.
Perform Haṃsa-nyāsa by dividing the Haṃsa bīja/mantra and touching (placing) it on specified body points—eyes, nostrils, arms, mouth/face, forehead, armpits, shoulders, sides, and breasts—supporting mantra-japa and breath-centered meditation.