Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 134
The Description of the Four Durgā Mantras
सर्वांते शक्तिकमलासनाय नम इत्यथ । वाक्सत्यलक्ष्मी बीजाद्य उक्तः पीठार्चने मनुः ॥ १३४ ॥
sarvāṃte śaktikamalāsanāya nama ityatha | vāksatyalakṣmī bījādya uktaḥ pīṭhārcane manuḥ || 134 ||
Puis, à la fin de tout (ce qui précède), qu’on ajoute : «Hommage à la Śakti assise sur le siège de lotus». Ainsi est énoncé le mantra d’adoration du pīṭha (pīṭhārcana), commençant par le bīja de Vāk, Satya et Lakṣmī.
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches that a mantra is completed by surrender (namaḥ) to the presiding Śakti, here visualized as lotus-seated, and that worship becomes effective when the mantra is properly formed with its bīja-elements and concluding salutation.
Even within technical ritual instruction, the core devotional act is “namaḥ”—humble offering of oneself—directed to the divine Power (Śakti) who grants auspiciousness (Lakṣmī), truthful alignment (Satya), and sanctified speech (Vāk).
It highlights mantra-vidhi: how to append the concluding phrase, how bīja-syllables function as mantra-seeds, and how pīṭhārcana (worship of the ritual base/seat) uses precisely structured recitation.