Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 11
The Description of the Four Durgā Mantras
नित्या विलासिनी षष्ठी दोग्ध्य घोरा च मंगला । दिक्षु मध्ये च संपूज्या नव पीठस्य शक्तयः ॥ ११ ॥
nityā vilāsinī ṣaṣṭhī dogdhya ghorā ca maṃgalā | dikṣu madhye ca saṃpūjyā nava pīṭhasya śaktayaḥ || 11 ||
Nityā, Vilāsinī, Ṣaṣṭhī, Dogdhyā, Ghorā et Maṅgalā — ce sont les Śaktis des neuf pīṭhas, à vénérer dans les directions et aussi au centre.
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It teaches a mandala-based approach to worship: the Śakti principle is honored as structured powers of sacred seats (pīṭhas), invoked in the directions and the center to establish completeness and protection in ritual space.
By prescribing attentive worship (saṃpūjya) of named divine powers, it frames devotion as disciplined reverence—bhakti expressed through orderly invocation, remembrance of names, and sanctification of space.
Ritual procedure and spatial placement: it reflects applied kalpa-style practice—assigning deities to dik (quarters) and madhya (center) as part of a structured puja/mandala arrangement.