Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 57
Yakṣiṇī-Mantra-Sādhana Nirūpaṇa
Lakṣmī-avatāra-vidyāḥ: Bālā, Annapūrṇā, Bagalā
सद्योजात इमे पंच सिद्धौधाख्याः स्मृता मुने । मानवौघाः परिज्ञेयाः स्वगुरोः सम्प्रदायतः ॥ ५७ ॥
sadyojāta ime paṃca siddhaudhākhyāḥ smṛtā mune | mānavaughāḥ parijñeyāḥ svaguroḥ sampradāyataḥ || 57 ||
O sage, these five are remembered as the Siddhaugha groups and are spoken of as “Sadyojāta,” newly manifested. The Human Streams (Mānavaugha) are to be understood through the living sampradāya handed down from one’s own guru.
Sanatkumara (in dialogue with Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It emphasizes that true knowledge is validated through an authentic guru-to-disciple sampradāya, not merely by personal speculation—highlighting lineage as a safeguard for dharma and śāstra.
By grounding practice in a received tradition: bhakti becomes steady and non-deviating when learned from one’s guru in a recognized paramparā rather than invented independently.
The verse points to methodological authority—how Vedāṅga and technical teachings (like śikṣā/phonetics, vyākaraṇa/grammar, and ritual procedure) should be learned via sampradāya for accurate transmission.