Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 7.2.22

oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe nityanaimittikakarmavarṇanaṃ nāmaikaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 22
upamanyuruvāca
nyāsastu trividhaḥ proktaḥ sthityutpattilayakramāt
sthitirnyāso gṛhasthānāmutpattirbrahmacāriṇām

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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
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eteṣvekamanekaṃ vā kuryātpūjādi karmasu

akāraṃ mūrdhni vinyasya ākāraṃ ca lalāṭake
iṃ īṃ ca netrayostadvat uṃ ūṃ śravaṇayostathā

ṛṃ ḥṃ kapolayoścaiva ḷṃ 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

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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