Shloka 32

न्यासवर्णनम् (Nyāsa-varṇanam) — Description of Nyāsa in the Saṃnyāsa Procedure

Devanagari script

अथवा द्वादशादित्यान्द्वितीयावरणे यजेत । तृतीयावरणे चैव राशीर्द्वादश पूजयेत्

Transliteration

athavā dvādaśādityāndvitīyāvaraṇe yajeta | tṛtīyāvaraṇe caiva rāśīrdvādaśa pūjayet

Translation

或者，在供奉的第二重坛域（āvaraṇa）中，应礼敬十二阿底提耶（Āditya）；而在第三重坛域中，也当供养十二罗施（rāśi），即十二宫宿。

Word by Word

• अथवा: or else
• अथवा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्य-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle: 'or')

• द्वादश: twelve
• द्वादश: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक विशेषण, अव्ययवत् (indeclinable numeral used adjectivally)

• आदित्यान्: Ādityas (solar deities)
• आदित्यान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• द्वितीय-आवरणे: in the second enclosure
• द्वितीय-आवरणे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक) + आवरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: द्वितीयावरण (कर्मधारय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• यजेत: should worship
• यजेत: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तृतीय-आवरणे: in the third enclosure
• तृतीय-आवरणे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक) + आवरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तृतीयावरण (कर्मधारय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• राशीन्: zodiac signs
• राशीन्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राशि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• द्वादश: twelve
• द्वादश: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक विशेषण, अव्ययवत्

• पूजयेत्: should honor/worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Characters & Entities

• Adityas
• Rashis

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It teaches that Shaiva worship can include honoring cosmic powers—like the solar Ādityas and the rāśis—as ordered attendants within the ritual mandala, while keeping Shiva as the supreme Pati (Lord) beyond and above all.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

The āvaraṇa (enclosure) method is a structured way to worship Saguna Shiva in the form of the Linga, placing subsidiary deities in outer circles as supports to concentration, while the central devotion remains fixed on Shiva as the highest reality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It suggests āvaraṇa-pūjā: arranging worship in successive circles—second for the Twelve Ādityas and third for the twelve rāśis—performed alongside Shaiva essentials such as mantra-japa (e.g., the Panchākṣarī) and reverent offerings to the Linga.