The Description of the Four Durgā Mantras
मातंगीपदयोश्चान्यं मन्मथान्वदनांशयोः । पार्स्वकट्योर्नाभिदेशे कटिपार्श्वांशके पुनः ॥ ११४ ॥
mātaṃgīpadayoścānyaṃ manmathānvadanāṃśayoḥ | pārsvakaṭyornābhideśe kaṭipārśvāṃśake punaḥ || 114 ||
គួរដាក់មន្ត្រ/សញ្ញាផ្សេងមួយនៅជើងរបស់ម៉ាតង្គី; មួយទៀតលើផ្នែកមុខរបស់មន្មថ; មួយទៀតលើចំហៀង និងត្រគាក; លើតំបន់ផ្ចិត; ហើយម្តងទៀតលើផ្នែកចំហៀងនៃចង្កេះ។
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
It teaches ritualized body-installation (nyāsa): sanctifying specific bodily loci so the practitioner’s body becomes a fit vessel for mantra-siddhi and disciplined worship.
By prescribing careful placements tied to deities, it frames devotion as precise, embodied worship—bhakti expressed through regulated ritual attention rather than mere sentiment.
Practical ritual-application knowledge: a technical procedure of assigning mantras/marks to body-points (a prayoga/nyāsa-type instruction), aligning practice with disciplined liturgy.