Mantraśodhana, Dīkṣā-krama, Guru-Pādukā, Ajapā-Haṃsa, and Ṣaṭcakra-Kuṇḍalinī Sādhana
षट्शतं तु गणेशाय वागधीशाय चार्पयेत् । स्वाधिष्ठाने विद्रुमाभे वादिलांतार्णसंयुते ॥ ८३ ॥
ṣaṭśataṃ tu gaṇeśāya vāgadhīśāya cārpayet | svādhiṣṭhāne vidrumābhe vādilāṃtārṇasaṃyute || 83 ||
વાણીના અધિપતિ ગણેશને છસો (જપ/આહુતિ) અર્પણ કરવી. સ્વાધિષ્ઠાનમાં પ્રવાળવર્ણ, ‘વ’થી ‘લ’ સુધીના અંતર્વર્ણક્રમથી સંયુક્ત રૂપે તેમનું ધ્યાન કરવું॥
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
It prescribes a precise devotional-ritual measure (six hundred offerings/recitations) to Gaṇeśa as Vāk-pati (Lord of Speech), linking outer practice with inner contemplation at the Svādhiṣṭhāna center.
Bhakti here is expressed as disciplined upāsanā: offering a fixed count with focused meditation on the deity’s form (coral-hued) and presence within the subtle body, making devotion both heartfelt and methodical.
It highlights technical mantra-knowledge about phonetic/letter groupings (arṇa/varṇa) used in ritual recitation—an applied, śikṣā/phonetics-like precision within Narada Purana’s procedural teachings.