Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 72
Śeṣoditya-Sūrya-nyāsa, Soma-sādhana, Graha-pūjā, and Bhauma-vrata-vidhi
अथांगारकमंत्रं तु वक्ष्ये धनसुतप्रदम् । तारो दीर्घेंदुयुग्व्योम तदेवेंदुयुतः पुनः ॥ ७२ ॥
athāṃgārakamaṃtraṃ tu vakṣye dhanasutapradam | tāro dīrgheṃduyugvyoma tadeveṃduyutaḥ punaḥ || 72 ||
ഇപ്പോൾ ധനവും പുത്രനും നൽകുന്ന അങ്കാരക (കുജ) മന്ത്രം പറയുന്നു—‘താര’ (ഓം), തുടർന്ന് ദീർഘ ‘ഈ’, തുടർന്ന് ‘ഇന്ദു’ (ം), തുടർന്ന് ‘യുഗ്’ (ഗ), തുടർന്ന് ‘വ്യോമ’ (ഹ); പിന്നെയും അതേ ക്രമം ‘ഇന്ദു’ (ം) ചേർത്ത്।
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
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It presents a Jyotiṣa-oriented mantra instruction: a graha-mantra for Aṅgāraka (Mars) whose stated phala is prosperity and progeny, showing how mantra-vidyā is embedded in the Purāṇa’s technical (Vedāṅga) section.
While primarily technical, it supports bhakti in a practical way: graha-mantras are used to remove obstacles and stabilize life-conditions, enabling steadier worship and dharma; the focus here is remedial discipline rather than narrative devotion.
Jyotiṣa and mantra-nirūpaṇa: the verse encodes a mantra through phonetic markers (praṇava, long vowel, anusvāra/bindu, and specified syllables), reflecting a technical method of constructing bīja-like mantras used in graha-śānti rites.