Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 57
Yakṣiṇī-Mantra-Sādhana Nirūpaṇa
Lakṣmī-avatāra-vidyāḥ: Bālā, Annapūrṇā, Bagalā
सद्योजात इमे पंच सिद्धौधाख्याः स्मृता मुने । मानवौघाः परिज्ञेयाः स्वगुरोः सम्प्रदायतः ॥ ५७ ॥
sadyojāta ime paṃca siddhaudhākhyāḥ smṛtā mune | mānavaughāḥ parijñeyāḥ svaguroḥ sampradāyataḥ || 57 ||
ഹേ മുനേ, ‘സദ്യോജാത’ മുതലായ ഈ അഞ്ചിനെ ‘സിദ്ധൗഘ’ എന്നു സ്മരിക്കുന്നു; ‘മാനവൗഘ’മോ സ്വന്തം ഗുരുവിന്റെ സമ്പ്രദായ-പരമ്പരയിലൂടെ അറിയേണ്ടതാണ്.
Sanatkumara (in dialogue with Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It emphasizes that true knowledge is validated through an authentic guru-to-disciple sampradāya, not merely by personal speculation—highlighting lineage as a safeguard for dharma and śāstra.
By grounding practice in a received tradition: bhakti becomes steady and non-deviating when learned from one’s guru in a recognized paramparā rather than invented independently.
The verse points to methodological authority—how Vedāṅga and technical teachings (like śikṣā/phonetics, vyākaraṇa/grammar, and ritual procedure) should be learned via sampradāya for accurate transmission.