प्रतिमाङ्गे न्यासादिInstalling the image: its baths and nyāsas
Verse 296
शिवतत्त्वं ज्ञानतत्त्वं परतत्त्वं तथोरसि । जीवप्रकृतितत्त्वे च विन्यसेत् साधकाग्रणीः । महत्तत्त्वमहङ्कारतत्त्वं सर्वाङ्गके क्रमात् ॥ २९६ ॥
śivatattvaṁ jñānatattvaṁ paratattvaṁ tathōrasi | jīvaprakṛtitattvē ca vinyasēt sādhakāgraṇīḥ | mahattattvamahaṅkāratattvaṁ sarvāṅgakē kramāt || 296 ||
Translation
…the principle of Śiva, the principle of knowledge and the supreme principle; and on the chest the foremost of sādhakas should place the principles of the individual self and of nature; and the principles of mahat and ahaṅkāra over the whole body, in order.
Word by word
- śiva
- of Śiva
- tattvaṁ
- the principle
- jñāna
- of knowledge
- para
- supreme
- tathā
- and
- urasi
- (urasi) on the chest
- jīva
- of the self
- prakṛti
- and of nature
- tattvē
- the principles
- ca
- and
- vinyasēt
- should place
- sādhaka
- of sādhakas
- agraṇīḥ
- (agraṇīḥ) the foremost
- mahat
- of mahat
- ahaṅkāra
- (ahaṅkāra) of ahaṅkāra
- sarva
- the whole
- aṅgakē
- (aṅgake) over the body
- kramāt
- in order
Meaning
At the crown, Śiva, knowledge and the supreme; at the heart, jīva (the individual soul) and prakṛti; over all, mahat and ahaṅkāra. The image now carries in its body every tattva from earth to Śiva.

Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 292.