Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 83
Rādhā-sambaddha-mantra-vyākhyā
Rādhā-Related Mantras Explained
शेषं तद्वलये न्यस्य हृद्दृक्छ्रोत्रे नसोर्द्वयोः । त्वचि ध्वजे च पायौ च पादयो रर्णकान्न्यसेत् ॥ ८३ ॥
śeṣaṃ tadvalaye nyasya hṛddṛkchrotre nasordvayoḥ | tvaci dhvaje ca pāyau ca pādayo rarṇakānnyaset || 83 ||
অবশিষ্ট অংশ অনামিকায় ন্যস্ত করে, তারপর হৃদয়, চোখ, কান ও দুই নাসারন্ধ্রে ন্যাস করবে। তদুপরি ত্বক, ধ্বজ, পায়ু ও পাদদ্বয়েও নির্দিষ্ট অক্ষর ন্যস্ত করবে।
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada a technical ritual procedure)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
It teaches nyāsa—sacralizing the practitioner’s body by assigning mantra-syllables to specific limbs and sense-centers, turning the body into a fit locus for worship and focused meditation.
By prescribing a disciplined, embodied form of worship: devotion is expressed through careful mantra-placement and reverent attention to the heart and senses, so the devotee’s perception and action become aligned with the chosen deity’s remembrance.
Ritual-technical know-how—mantra-nyāsa/anga-vinyāsa (a procedural application of sacred sound to bodily loci), reflecting the applied side of Vedic practice used in pūjā and mantra-sādhana.