Shiva Purana · Chapter 7.22

upamanyuruvāca
nyāsastu trividhaḥ proktaḥ sthityutpattilayakramāt //
sthitirnyāso gṛhasthānāmutpattirbrahmacāriṇām

yatīnāṃ saṃhṛtinyāso vanasthānāṃ tathaiva ca //
sa eva bhartṛhīnāyāḥ kuṭuṃbinyāḥ sthitirbhavet

kanyāyāḥ punarutpattiṃ vakṣye nyāsasya lakṣaṇam //
aṃguṣṭhādikaniṣṭhāṃtaṃ sthitinyāsa udāhṛtaḥ

dakṣiṇāṃguṣṭhamārabhya vāmāṃguṣṭhāntameva ca //
utpattinyāsa ākhyāto viparītastu saṃhṛtiḥ

sabiṃdukānnakārādīnvarṇānnyasyedanukramāt //
aṃgulīṣu śivaṃ nyasyettalayorapyanāmayoḥ

astranyāsaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā daśadikṣvastramaṃtrataḥ //
nivṛttyādikalāḥ pañca pañcabhūtasvarūpiṇīḥ

pañcabhūtādhipaissārdhaṃ tataccihnasamanvitāḥ //
hṛtkaṇṭatālubhrūmadhyabrahmarandhrasamāśrayāḥ

tadtadbījena saṃgraṃthīstadtadbījeṣu bhāvayet //
tāsāṃ viśodhanārthāya vidyāṃ pañcākṣarīṃ japet

niruddhvā prāṇavāyuṃ ca guṇasaṃkhyānusārataḥ //
bhūtagraṃthiṃ tataśchidyādastreṇaivāstramudrayā

nāḍyā suṣumnayātmānaṃ preritaṃ prāṇavāyunā //
nirgataṃ brahmarandhreṇa yojayecchivatejasā

viśoṣya vāyunā paścāddehaṃ kālāgninā dahet //
tataścoparibhāvena kalāssaṃhṛtya vāyunā

dehaṃ saṃhṛtya vai dagdhaṃ kalāsspṛṣṭvā sahābdhinā //
plāvayitvāmṛtairdehaṃ yathāsthānaṃ niveśayet

atha saṃhṛtya vai dagdhaḥ kalāsargaṃ vinaiva tu //
amṛtaplāvanaṃ kuryādbhasmībhūtasya vai tataḥ

tato vidyāmaye tasmindehe dīpaśikhākṛtim //
śivānnirgatamātmānaṃ brahmaraṃdhreṇa yojayet

dehasyāntaḥ praviṣṭaṃ taṃ dhyātvā hṛdayapaṃkaje //
punaścāmṛtavarṣeṇa siṃcedvidyāmayaṃ vapuḥ

tataḥ kuryātkaranyāsaṃ karaśodhanapūrvakam //
dehanyāsaṃ tataḥ paścānmahatyā mudrayā caret

aṃganyāsaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā śivoktena tu vartmanā //
varṇanyāsaṃ tataḥ kuryāddhastapādādisaṃdhiṣu

ṣaḍaṃgāni tato nyasya jātiṣaṭkayutāni ca //
digbaṃdhamācaretpaścādāgneyādi yathākramam

yadvā mūrdhādipañcāṃgaṃ nyāsameva samācaret //
tathā ṣaḍaṃganyāsaṃ ca bhūtaśuddhyādikaṃ vinā

evaṃ samāsarūpeṇa kṛtvā dehātmaśodhanam //
śivabhāvamupāgamya pūjayetparameśvaram

atha yasyāstyavasaro nāsti vā mativibhramaḥ //
sa vistīrṇena kalpena nyāsakarma samācaret

tatrādyo mātṛkānyāso brahmanyāsastataḥ paraḥ //
tṛtīyaḥ praṇavanyāso haṃsanyāsastaduttaraḥ

pañcamaḥ kathyate sadbhirnyāsaḥ pañcākṣarātmakaḥ //
eteṣvekamanekaṃ vā kuryātpūjādi karmasu

akāraṃ mūrdhni vinyasya ākāraṃ ca lalāṭake //
iṃ īṃ ca netrayostadvatuṃ ūṃ śravaṇayostathā

ṛṃ ḥṃ kapolayoścaiva ḻaṃ ḹṃ nāsāpuṭadvaye //
ememoṣṭhadvayoromauṃ daṃtapaṃktidvayoḥ kramāt

aṃ jihvāyāmatho tālunyaḥ prayojyo yathākramam //
kavargaṃ dakṣiṇe haste nyasetpañcasu saṃdhiṣu

cavargaṃ ca tathā vāmahastasaṃdhiṣu vinyaset //
ṭavargaṃ ca tavargaṃ ca pādayorubhayorapi

paphau tu pārśvayoḥ pṛṣṭhe nābhau cāpi babhau tataḥ //
nyasenmakāraṃ hṛdaye tvagādiṣu yathākramam

yakarādisakārāṃtānnyasetsaptasu dhātuṣu //
haṃkāraṃ hṛdayasyāṃtaḥ kṣakāraṃ bhrūyugāṃtare

evaṃ varṇānpravinyasya pañcāśadrudravartmanā //
aṃgavaktrakalābhedātpañca brahmāṇi vinyaset

karanyāsādyamapi taiḥ kṛtvā vātha na vā kramāt //
śirovadanahṛdguhyapādeṣvetāni kalpayet

tataścordhvādivaktrāṇi paścimāṃtāni kalpayet //
īśānasya kalāḥ pañca pañcasveteṣu ca kramāt

tataścaturṣu vaktreṣu puruṣasya kalā api //
catasraḥ praṇidhātavyāḥ pūrvādikramayogataḥ

hṛtkaṃṭhāṃseṣu nābhau ca kukṣau pṛṣṭhe ca vakṣasi //
aghorasya kalāścāṣṭau pādayorapi hastayoḥ

paścāttrayoḥdaśakalāḥ pāyumeḍhrorujānuṣu //
jaṃghāsphikkaṭipārśveṣu vāmadevasya bhāvayet

ghrāṇe śirasi bāhvośca kalpayetkalpavittamaḥ //
aṣṭatriṃśatkalānyāsamevaṃ kṛtvānupūrvaśaḥ

paścātpraṇavaviddhīmānpraṇavanyāsamācaret //
bāhudvaye kūrparayostathā ca maṇibandhayoḥ

pārśvodarorujaṃgheṣu pādayoḥ pṛṣṭhatastathā //
itthaṃ praṇavavinyāsaṃ kṛtvā nyāsavicakṣaṇaḥ

haṃsanyāsaṃ prakurvīta śivaśāstre yathoditam //
bījaṃ vibhajya haṃsasya netrayorghrāṇayorapi

vibhajya bāhunetrāsyalalāṭe ghrāṇayorapi //
kakṣayoḥ skandhayoścaiva pārśvayostanayostathā

kaṭhyoḥ pāṇyorgulphayośca yadvā pañcāṃgavartmanā //
haṃsanyāsamimaṃ kṛtvā nyasetpañcākṣarīṃ tataḥ

yathā pūrvoktamārgeṇa śivatvaṃ yena jāyate //
nāśivaḥ śivamabhyasyennāśivaḥ śivamarcayet

nāśivastu śivaṃ dhyāyennāśivamprāpnuyācchivam //
tasmācchaivīṃ tanuṃ kṛtvā tyaktvā ca paśubhāvanām

śivo 'hamiti saṃcintya śaivaṃ karma samācaret //
karmayajñastapoyajño japayajñastaduttaraḥ

dhyānayajño jñānayajñaḥ pañca yajñāḥ prakīrtitāḥ

karmayajñaratāḥ kecittapoyajñaratāḥ pare //
japayajñaratāścānye dhyānayajñaratāstathā

jñānayajñaratāścānye viśiṣṭāścottarottaram //
kramayajño dvidhā proktaḥ kāmākāmavibhedataḥ

kāmānkāmī tato bhuktvā kāmāsaktaḥ punarbhavet //
akāme rudrabhavane bhogānbhuktvā tataścyutaḥ

tapoyajñarato bhūtvā jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ //
tapasvī ca punastasminbhogān bhuktvā tataścyutaḥ

japadhyānarato bhūtvā jāyate bhuvi mānavaḥ //
japadhyānarato martyastadvaiśiṣṭyavaśādiha

jñānaṃ labdhvācirādeva śivasāyujyamāpnuyāt //
tasmānmukto śivājñaptaḥ karmayajño 'pi dehinām

akāmaḥ kāmasaṃyukto bandhāyaiva bhaviṣyati //
tasmātpañcasu yajñeṣu dhyānajñānaparo bhavet

dhyānaṃ jñānaṃ ca yasyāsti tīrṇastena bhavārṇavaḥ //
hiṃsādidoṣanirmukto viśuddhaścittasādhanaḥ

dhyānayajñaḥ parastasmādapavargaphalapradaḥ //
bahiḥ karmakarā yadvannātīva phalabhāginaḥ

dṛṣṭvā narendrabhavane tadvadatrāpi karmiṇaḥ //
dhyānināṃ hi vapuḥ sūkṣmaṃ bhavetpratyakṣamaiśvaram

yatheha karmaṇāṃ sthūlaṃ mṛtkāṣṭhādyaiḥ prakalpitam //
dhyānayajñaratāstasmāddevānpāṣāṇamṛṇmayān

nātyaṃtaṃ pratipadyaṃte śivayāthātmyavedanāt //
ātmasthaṃ yaḥ śivaṃ tyaktvā bahirabhyarcayennaraḥ

hastasthaṃ phalamutsṛjya lihetkūrparamātmanaḥ //
jñānāddhyānaṃ bhaveddhyānājjñānaṃ bhūyaḥ pravartate

tadubhābhyāṃ bhavenmuktistasmāddhyānarato bhavet //
dvādaśānte tathā mūrdhni lalāṭe bhrūyugāntare

nāsāgre vā tathāsye vā kandhare hṛdaye tathā //
nābhau vā śāśvatasthāne śraddhāviddhena cetasā

bahiryāgopacāreṇa devaṃ devīṃ ca pūjayet //
athavā pūjayennityaṃ liṃge vā kṛtakepi vā

vahnau vā sthaṇḍile vātha bhaktyā vittānusārataḥ //
athavāṃtarbahiścaiva pūjayetparameśvaram //
aṃtaryāgarataḥ pūjāṃ bahiḥ kurvīta vā na vā

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe śivaśāstroktanityanaimittikakarmavarṇanaṃ nāma dvāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ