Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 13
Gaṇeśa Mantra-vidhi: Mahāgaṇapati Gāyatrī, Vakratuṇḍa Mantra, Nyāsa, Homa, Āvaraṇa-pūjā, and Caturthī Vrata
विभक्तैर्मूलगायत्र्या हृदंतैरष्टभिः पदैः । भालदेशे मुखे कण्ठे हृदि नाभ्यूरुजानुषु ॥ १३ ॥
vibhaktairmūlagāyatryā hṛdaṃtairaṣṭabhiḥ padaiḥ | bhāladeśe mukhe kaṇṭhe hṛdi nābhyūrujānuṣu || 13 ||
Dengan delapan pada yang terbagi dari Gāyatrī akar—masing-masing berakhir dengan suku ‘hṛt’—lakukan nyāsa pada daerah dahi, wajah, tenggorok, jantung, pusar, paha, dan lutut.
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within a Vedanga/ritual-technical teaching context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches mantra-nyāsa: internalizing Gāyatrī by ritually placing its divisions onto key body centers, treating the practitioner’s body as a sacred support for mantra-upāsanā.
Though technical, it supports devotional upāsanā by making remembrance of the mantra continuous and embodied—turning recitation into a disciplined, reverential practice rather than mere sound.
It highlights applied ritual technology—nyāsa and mantra-vinyāsa—typical of technical Vedic practice, where a mantra is segmented (pada-bheda) and assigned to specific bodily loci for focused meditation.