Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 79
Yakṣiṇī-Mantra-Sādhana Nirūpaṇa
Lakṣmī-avatāra-vidyāḥ: Bālā, Annapūrṇā, Bagalā
षोडशारे स्मृते चव मानदातुष्टिपुष्टयः । प्रीती रतिर्ह्नीः श्रीश्चापि स्वधा स्वाहा दशम्यथ ॥ ७९ ॥
ṣoḍaśāre smṛte cava mānadātuṣṭipuṣṭayaḥ | prītī ratirhnīḥ śrīścāpi svadhā svāhā daśamyatha || 79 ||
عند تأمّل العجلة ذات الستة عشر شعاعًا (الماندالا)، تكون القوى الحاكمة: مانادا، توشتي، بوشتي، بريتي، رَتي، هْري، وشري؛ ثم كذلك سْفَدها وسْفَاها أيضًا.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It maps specific śaktis (personified qualities and ritual powers) onto a sixteen-spoked meditative/ritual schema, showing how inner virtues (hrī, prīti) and outer prosperity (śrī, puṣṭi) are integrated with Vedic offering principles (svadhā, svāhā).
By treating remembrance/meditation (smṛti) on a sacred chakra as a devotional upāsanā, it implies that bhakti is supported by cultivating divine qualities—contentment, affection, modesty, and auspiciousness—while honoring sacred rites.
Ritual-technical usage is highlighted through the explicit inclusion of the offering formulas Svadhā (for Pitṛ-yajña context) and Svāhā (for Deva-yajña/Agnihotra-type offerings), reflecting applied Kalpa (ritual procedure) within a mantra-upāsanā framework.