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Shiva Purana

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अस्त्रन्यासं ततः कृत्वा दशदिक्ष्वस्त्रमंत्रतः ॥ निवृत्त्यादिकलाः पञ्च पञ्चभूतस्वरूपिणीः ॥ ६ ॥

Then place the weapons in the ten directions and chant the mantra of the weapons. The five arts of renunciation and others are in the form of the five elements.

english translation

पञ्चभूताधिपैस्सार्धं ततच्चिह्नसमन्विताः ॥ हृत्कण्टतालुभ्रूमध्यब्रह्मरन्ध्रसमाश्रयाः ॥ ७ ॥

They were accompanied by the lords of the five elements and accompanied by their symbols They are situated in the heart, thorns, palate, eyebrows, middle brahma-hole.

english translation

तद्तद्बीजेन संग्रंथीस्तद्तद्बीजेषु भावयेत् ॥ तासां विशोधनार्थाय विद्यां पञ्चाक्षरीं जपेत् ॥ ८ ॥

Then, with the seeds of each of these, one should meditate on the seeds of each of these. To purify these sins, one should chant the five-syllabled mantra.

english translation

निरुद्ध्वा प्राणवायुं च गुणसंख्यानुसारतः ॥ भूतग्रंथिं ततश्छिद्यादस्त्रेणैवास्त्रमुद्रया ॥ ९ ॥

Then he restrained the breath and air according to the number of modes of nature. Then one should cut the knot of ghosts with the same weapon as the seal of the weapon.

english translation

नाड्या सुषुम्नयात्मानं प्रेरितं प्राणवायुना ॥ निर्गतं ब्रह्मरन्ध्रेण योजयेच्छिवतेजसा ॥ १० ॥

The soul is moved by the vital air through the veins and the consciousness. Then one should place the effulgence of Lord Śiva through the Brahma-hole.

english translation