Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 44
The Description of the Four Durgā Mantras
देवता देशिकैरुक्ता देवी त्रिपुरभैरवी । नाभेराचरणं न्यस्य वाग्भवं मन्त्रवित्पुनः ॥ ४४ ॥
devatā deśikairuktā devī tripurabhairavī | nābherācaraṇaṃ nyasya vāgbhavaṃ mantravitpunaḥ || 44 ||
كما يقرّره المعلّمون، فإن الإلهة هي السيدة «تريبورابهايرَفي». ثم على العارف بالمانترا أن يعيد أداء النْياسا (nyāsa)، فيضع (المانترا) من السُّرّة إلى القدمين، ثم يُجري بِيجة «فاغبهافا».
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It emphasizes disciplined mantra-practice: recognizing the correct presiding deity (Tripurabhairavī) as taught by the guru-lineage, and sanctifying the body through nyāsa before applying the seed-mantra.
Bhakti here is expressed as reverent, guru-guided worship—devotion is made concrete through correct identification of the deity and careful ritual installation (nyāsa) that turns the practitioner’s body into a fit seat of worship.
It highlights applied mantra-vidyā: the technical ritual method of nyāsa (placing mantra on body-points) and the use of a bīja (Vāgbhava) under ācārya instruction—an example of disciplined liturgical practice within the text’s technical teachings.