Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 13
Yakṣiṇī-Mantra-Sādhana Nirūpaṇa
Lakṣmī-avatāra-vidyāḥ: Bālā, Annapūrṇā, Bagalā
शिरःपन्मुखागुह्येषु हृदये बाणदेवताः । द्राविण्याद्याः क्रमान्न्यस्येद्वाणेशीबीजपूर्वकः ॥ १३ ॥
śiraḥpanmukhāguhyeṣu hṛdaye bāṇadevatāḥ | drāviṇyādyāḥ kramānnyasyedvāṇeśībījapūrvakaḥ || 13 ||
Realizando el nyāsa en el debido orden, instálese a las deidades de las (cinco) flechas en la cabeza, en las dos plantas de los pies, en el rostro, en la región secreta y en el corazón—comenzando por Drāviṇī y las demás—precedidas por la sílaba-semilla (bīja) de Vāṇeśī.
Narada (teaching a technical ritual procedure within the Third Pada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches internal consecration (nyāsa): the practitioner ritually installs specific mantra-deities within bodily centers, treating the body as a sacred field for worship and mantra-siddhi rather than as merely physical.
Though technical, the nyāsa is an act of devotional embodiment—placing the deities in head, heart, and other loci makes remembrance and worship continuous, turning the practitioner’s own body into an instrument of reverence.
It highlights ritual method and precise sequencing—how mantra-bīja and deity-assignment are applied through nyāsa (a technical discipline aligned with śikṣā/prayoga-style precision in recitation and placement).