Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 6
Śeṣoditya-Sūrya-nyāsa, Soma-sādhana, Graha-pūjā, and Bhauma-vrata-vidhi
नेत्रो ज्वाला मनो हुं फट्स्वाहांता मनवो गणाः । पुनः षडर्णैर्ह्री लक्ष्म्याः कृत्वांतः स्थैः षडंगकम् ॥ ६ ॥
netro jvālā mano huṃ phaṭsvāhāṃtā manavo gaṇāḥ | punaḥ ṣaḍarṇairhrī lakṣmyāḥ kṛtvāṃtaḥ sthaiḥ ṣaḍaṃgakam || 6 ||
“Netra”, “Jvālā” y “Mano”, junto con los mantras que terminan en “huṃ”, “phaṭ” y “svāhā”, son los grupos de mantra. Luego, usando el “Hrīṃ” de seis sílabas (ṣaḍarṇa) de Lakṣmī, debe realizarse el rito auxiliar de seis miembros (ṣaḍaṅga), fijándolo interiormente, dentro de uno mismo.
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within a technical Vedanga/ritual-vidhi context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches that mantra is not merely recited outwardly: it is to be organized into specific groups and then internalized through ṣaḍaṅga (sixfold) nyāsa, making the practitioner’s body-mind a consecrated seat of Lakṣmī’s power (Hrīṃ).
Bhakti here is expressed as disciplined upāsanā: reverence for Lakṣmī is enacted by careful mantra-application and inward fixation (antaḥ-sthāpanā), aligning devotion with purity, protection, and focused remembrance.
It highlights technical ritual procedure—mantra classification (gaṇa), use of bīja syllables (huṃ/phaṭ/svāhā), and ṣaḍaṅga-nyāsa as a structured, repeatable method of consecration and protection used in applied Vedic/Tantric practice.