The Classification and Explanation of Yakṣiṇī Mantras
Kālī and Tārā Vidyās
षट्कोणांतर्लिखेन्मूलं साध्यार्णं केशरे स्वरैः । बाह्येऽष्टवर्गयुक्पत्रं पद्मभूमिपरावृतम् ॥ १४१ ॥
ṣaṭkoṇāṃtarlikhenmūlaṃ sādhyārṇaṃ keśare svaraiḥ | bāhye'ṣṭavargayukpatraṃ padmabhūmiparāvṛtam || 141 ||
ષટ્કોણની અંદર મૂળમંત્ર લખવો; કેશર પર સાધ્યમંત્રના અક્ષરો સ્વરો સહિત સ્થાપિત કરવા. બહાર કમળપાંદડાં પર અષ્ટવર્ગના અક્ષરો લખી, સમગ્રને પદ્મભૂમિથી આવરી દેવું।
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada the technical ritual layout)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
It gives a precise yantra-vidhi: spiritual efficacy is linked to correct geometric placement (ṣaṭkoṇa, padma) and correct phonetic placement (vowels and syllable-groups), showing that mantra works through disciplined form and sound.
Bhakti here is expressed as reverent, exact worship—devotion becomes a structured offering where the deity is invoked through mantra-sound (mūla, sādhyārṇa) and honored through a lotus-diagram arrangement.
It highlights phonetic/letter-science used in ritual (Śikṣā-style attention to svara vowels and varga groupings) applied to mantra-writing and yantra layout, a technical feature of Narada Purana’s third pada.
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