Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 151
Kṛṣṇādi-mantra-varga-varṇana
Classification of Krishna and Related Mantras
चतुर्थ्यन्तः पक्षिराजः स्वाहा पीठमनुः स्मृतः । दृष्ट्वांगं कर्णिकामध्ये नागान्यंत्रेषु पूजयेत् ॥ १५१ ॥
caturthyantaḥ pakṣirājaḥ svāhā pīṭhamanuḥ smṛtaḥ | dṛṣṭvāṃgaṃ karṇikāmadhye nāgānyaṃtreṣu pūjayet || 151 ||
Se dice que el pīṭha-mantra es: “Pakṣirājāya” (en dativo, la cuarta declinación), seguido de “svāhā”. Tras visualizar el aṅga en el centro del karṇikā (el corazón del loto), deben adorarse los Nāgas en los yantras.
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It teaches precise mantra-vidhi: the correct grammatical form of the mantra, inner visualization (aṅga in the lotus center), and then external worship of Nāga-deities through yantras—showing that ritual efficacy depends on both inner nyāsa and outer pūjā.
Bhakti here appears as disciplined reverence expressed through exact mantra recitation and worship; devotion is made “technically correct” by aligning speech (mantra), mind (visualization), and action (pūjā) toward the divine beings invoked.
Vyākaraṇa-based precision is indicated by “caturthyantaḥ” (use of the dative case in the mantra), and ritual-technology is shown through nyāsa (aṅga placement) and yantra-based worship methodology.