Yajur Veda:  Pratah  Sandhya Vandanam

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Prokshanam

Procedure  Notes

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Nyasa
  • sindhu dvipa rishihih (head)
  • devi gayathri chandahah (nose)
  • aapo devata (chest)
  • apaaM prokshaNe viniyogaH

Mantra

  1. Hold the tumbler in the left hand
  2. Take a small quantity of water in the right hand palm
  3. Sprinkle it on the head through right hand fingers, reciting at 
    the same time the mantras. 

Om aapohishhThaa mayobhuvaH     prokshaNa of the Head
Om taa na uurje dadhaatana             prokshaNa of the Head
Om mahe raNaaya chakshase          prokshaNa of the Head
Om yovaH shivatamo rasaH             prokshaNa of the Head
Om tasya bhaajayatehanaH              prokshaNa of the Head
Om ushatiiriva maataraH                  prokshaNa of the Head
Om tasmaa araN^gamaama vaH      prokshaNa of the Head
Om yasya kshayaaya jinvatha           prokshaNa of the big Toes
Om aapo janayathaa chanaH           prokshaNa of the Head
Om bhuurbhuvassuvaH

  
Nyasa                                 Step 2

 
            Step 3                            Step 3 (toes)