Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 65
Yakṣiṇī-Mantra-Sādhana Nirūpaṇa
Lakṣmī-avatāra-vidyāḥ: Bālā, Annapūrṇā, Bagalā
प्रोक्ता विंशतिवर्णेयं विद्या स्याद्द्रुहिणो मुनिः । धृतिश्छंदोऽन्नपूर्णेशी देवता परिकीर्तिता ॥ ६५ ॥
proktā viṃśativarṇeyaṃ vidyā syāddruhiṇo muniḥ | dhṛtiśchaṃdo'nnapūrṇeśī devatā parikīrtitā || 65 ||
This Vidyā is declared to be of twenty syllables. Its sage (ṛṣi) is Druhiṇa (Brahmā); its metre (chandas) is Dhṛti; and its presiding deity is Annapūrṇeśī (Annapūrṇā), as tradition states.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It gives the viniyoga-style identifiers of a Vidyā—syllable-count, ṛṣi, chandas, and devatā—showing that mantra practice in the Narada Purana is meant to be done with correct technical grounding, not merely sentiment.
By naming Annapūrṇeśī as the devatā, it frames devotion as reverence to the divine source of sustenance and fullness; bhakti here is expressed through disciplined mantra-knowledge aligned with the deity’s proper invocation.
Chandas (Vedic prosody) and mantra-viniyoga: it specifies the metre (Dhṛti) and the standard components—ṛṣi and devatā—used to correctly apply a mantra in ritual or japa.