Shloka 64

उमामहेश्वरव्रतं—पञ्चाक्षरमन्त्रस्य माहात्म्यं, न्यासः, जपविधिः, सदाचारः, विनियोगः

Devanagari script

अङ्गन्यासं न्यसेत्पश्चाद् एष साधारणो विधिः ओङ्कारं संपुटीकृत्य सर्वाङ्गेषु च विन्यसेत्

Transliteration

aṅganyāsaṃ nyasetpaścād eṣa sādhāraṇo vidhiḥ oṅkāraṃ saṃpuṭīkṛtya sarvāṅgeṣu ca vinyaset

Translation

Sau đó hãy làm aṅga-nyāsa (an chú năng lực thần chú lên các chi phần). Đây là nghi thức chung, chuẩn mực. Lấy âm tiết Oṃ làm ấn hộ trì bao bọc, rồi an đặt trên mọi chi phần—để thân này trở thành tòa ngự thanh tịnh của thần chú Śiva.

Word by Word

• अङ्गन्यासम् (aṅganyāsam): limb-nyāsa, assigning mantra to the body

• न्यसेत् (nyaset): should place/perform

• पश्चात् (paścāt): thereafter

• एष (eṣa): this

• साधारणः (sādhāraṇaḥ): general/common

• विधिः (vidhiḥ): rule/ritual procedure

• ओङ्कारम् (oṅkāram): the syllable Oṃ

• संपुटीकृत्य (saṃpuṭīkṛtya): having enclosed/covered as with a casing, sealed

• सर्वाङ्गेषु (sarvāṅgeṣu): in all limbs/throughout the body

• च (ca): and

• विन्यसेत् (vinyaset): should arrange/place (systematically).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga-puja vidhi to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It teaches the prerequisite inner consecration for Linga-puja: by aṅga-nyāsa and sealing with Oṃ, the sādhaka makes the body a fit vessel for Śiva-mantra before external offerings.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Śiva-tattva is approached here as mantra-presence (Pati) that can be installed within the embodied pashu; when the limbs are permeated by mantra, bondage (pāśa) is weakened through sanctified awareness.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Aṅga-nyāsa and mantra-vinyāsa, with Oṃ as a protective saṃpuṭa (seal), a core preparatory discipline aligned with Pāśupata-style mantra-sādhana and ritual purity.