Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 59
Mantra-Māhātmya and Sādhana of Kārtavīryārjuna
Nyāsa, Yantra, Homa, and Dīpa-Vrata
महावीर्याय वर्णांते धीमहीति पदं वदेत् । तन्नोऽर्जुनः प्रवर्णांते चोदयात्पदमीरयेत् ॥ ५९ ॥
mahāvīryāya varṇāṃte dhīmahīti padaṃ vadet | tanno'rjunaḥ pravarṇāṃte codayātpadamīrayet || 59 ||
‘മഹാവീര്യായ’ എന്ന വാക്കിന്റെ അവസാനം ‘ധീമഹി’ എന്ന പദം പറയണം. തുടർന്ന് ‘തന്നോഽർജുനഃ’ എന്ന മുൻവർണ്ണാന്തത്തിൽ ‘ചോദയാത്’ എന്ന പദം ഉച്ചരിക്കണം.
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada on mantra/recitation method within Vedanga context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
It emphasizes that mantra-power depends on precise utterance and correct placement of key words; spiritual efficacy is protected by disciplined Vedic phonetics (śikṣā) and correct mantric segmentation (pada).
Even devotion expressed through mantra is meant to be careful and reverent; correct recitation becomes a form of bhakti where attention and discipline honor the deity invoked by the mantra.
Śikṣā and related mantra-vidhi: it teaches where to insert/utter specific mantra-words (like “dhīmahi” and “codayāt”) at phrase-endings (varṇānta) for proper chanting.