Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 121
The Description of the Four Durgā Mantras
आधारदेशेऽधिष्ठाने नाभौ पश्चादनाहते । कंठदेशे भ्रवोर्मध्ये बिंदौ भूयः कला पदोः ॥ १२१ ॥
ādhāradeśe'dhiṣṭhāne nābhau paścādanāhate | kaṃṭhadeśe bhravormadhye biṃdau bhūyaḥ kalā padoḥ || 121 ||
នៅតំបន់អាធារ (មូលាធារ) នៅអធិષ્ઠាន; នៅផ្ចិត; បន្ទាប់មក នៅអនាហត (បេះដូង); នៅតំបន់ក; រវាងចិញ្ចើម; នៅបិណ្ឌុ (ចំណុចល្អិត); ហើយម្តងទៀត នៅកលា នៅជើងទាំងពីរ—គួរដាក់ការយល់ដឹងតាមលំដាប់។
Narada (teaching in a Vedanga/technical-yoga context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
It outlines a dhāraṇā-map of inner concentration points—from base and navel through heart, throat, brow-center, and bindu—indicating a disciplined ascent of awareness used for purification and liberation-oriented meditation.
Though primarily yogic/technical, it supports bhakti by stabilizing mind and prāṇa; such steadiness makes japa, remembrance of Vishnu, and one-pointed devotion more continuous and less distracted.
A technical, methodical instruction akin to Śikṣā/discipline of practice: precise placement of attention (dhāraṇā) across defined subtle loci, showing the Narada Purana’s structured approach to yogic technique within its broader dharma teaching.