Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 70
Śeṣoditya-Sūrya-nyāsa, Soma-sādhana, Graha-pūjā, and Bhauma-vrata-vidhi
विद्ये विद्यामालिनि स्यादंत चंद्रिणि कतवदेत् । चंद्रमुखि द्विठांतोऽयं विद्यामंत्र उदाहृतः ॥ ७० ॥
vidye vidyāmālini syādaṃta caṃdriṇi katavadet | caṃdramukhi dviṭhāṃto'yaṃ vidyāmaṃtra udāhṛtaḥ || 70 ||
‘ഹേ വിദ്യേ, ഹേ വിദ്യാമാലിനി, ഹേ ചന്ദ്രിണി (ചന്ദ്രകാന്തിയുള്ളവളേ), ഹേ ചന്ദ്രമുഖി’ എന്ന് സംബോധിച്ച്; ‘ഠ’ എന്ന ദ്വ്യക്ഷരാന്തമുള്ളതേ ഈ വിദ്യാ-മന്ത്രമെന്ന് പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു।
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a technical Vidyā-mantra context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It frames Vidyā (sacred knowledge) as a worship-worthy power invoked through specific epithets and a precise mantra-ending, emphasizing that spiritual learning is approached with reverence and correct formulation.
Even in a technical chapter, the verse models bhakti through direct address (vocatives) and praise—treating knowledge as divine and approached through humble, faithful invocation rather than mere intellectual effort.
Śikṣā and Vyākaraṇa: it points to correct phonetic/metrical recitation and grammatical/formal markers (the specified ending ‘dvi-ṭhānta’) as essential for a mantra’s proper usage.