Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 51
Mantra-Māhātmya and Sādhana of Kārtavīryārjuna
Nyāsa, Yantra, Homa, and Dīpa-Vrata
जन्यचूडा मणांते ये महाशक्तिमते ततः । सहस्रदहनप्रांते वर्मास्त्रांतो महामनुः ॥ ५१ ॥
janyacūḍā maṇāṃte ye mahāśaktimate tataḥ | sahasradahanaprāṃte varmāstrāṃto mahāmanuḥ || 51 ||
ત્યારબાદ મહાશક્તિમાન માટે ‘જન્યચૂડા’થી શરૂ થઈ ‘મણાંત’ સુધીના પ્રયોગો છે। અને ‘સહસ્રદહન’ વિભાગના અંત નજીક ‘વર્માસ્ત્ર’થી પૂર્ણ થતો મહામંત્ર કહ્યો છે।
Sanatkumara (in dialogue with Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It preserves a traditional archival method: mantras are authenticated and transmitted by their opening and closing markers, ensuring correct recitation and lineage-accuracy in ritual practice.
Bhakti here is supported by disciplined practice—devotional worship becomes effective when mantra-recitation is precise, properly identified, and performed according to the transmitted order.
It reflects technical cataloging used in ritual and recitation—akin to Vedanga-style precision—where mantra sections are referenced by incipits/endings for correct deployment in rites involving protective ‘varma’ and ‘astra’ formulae.