Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 38
The Classification and Explanation of Yakṣiṇī Mantras
Kālī and Tārā Vidyās
ताराख्या देवता बीजं द्वितीयञ्च चतुर्थकम् । शक्तिः षड्दीर्घयुक्तेन द्वितीयेनांगकल्पनम् ॥ ३८ ॥
tārākhyā devatā bījaṃ dvitīyañca caturthakam | śaktiḥ ṣaḍdīrghayuktena dvitīyenāṃgakalpanam || 38 ||
અધિષ્ઠાત્રી દેવતા ‘તારા’ કહેવાય છે. બીજમંત્ર દ્વિતીય સ્વર અને ચતુર્થ વ્યંજન-તત્ત્વના સંયોગથી બને છે. શક્તિ દ્વિતીયને ષષ્ઠ દીર્ઘ સ્વર સાથે જોડીને થાય; અને અંગન્યાસ પણ દ્વિતીયને આધાર માનીને ગોઠવવો.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It formalizes how a mantra is made effective in practice—by identifying its devatā (presiding consciousness), bīja (seed), śakti (energizing power), and aṅgas (nyāsa-limbs)—so the recitation becomes a disciplined, consecrated act rather than mere sound.
By insisting on devatā-dhyāna and correct mantra-structure, it frames devotion as precise worship: bhakti is directed to the deity (here, Tārā) through a properly empowered mantra, aligning emotion with ritual competence.
It highlights technical phonetic-letter operations used in mantra-śāstra—deriving bīja/śakti through specified vowel–consonant combinations and applying aṅga-nyāsa—closely allied to Śikṣā (phonetics) and Vyākaraṇa-style letter analysis.