Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 60
The Description of the Four Durgā Mantras
एवं न्यस्तशरीरोऽसौ ध्यायेत्त्रिपुरभैरवीम् । सहस्रभानुसंकाशामरुणक्षौमवाससीम् ॥ ६० ॥
evaṃ nyastaśarīro'sau dhyāyettripurabhairavīm | sahasrabhānusaṃkāśāmaruṇakṣaumavāsasīm || 60 ||
ഇങ്ങനെ ശരീരത്തിൽ ന്യാസം സ്ഥാപിച്ച ശേഷം അവൻ ത്രിപുരഭൈരവിയെ ധ്യാനിക്കണം—ആയിരം സൂര്യന്മാരെപ്പോലെ ദീപ്തയും, അരുണ ക്ഷൗമവസ്ത്രധാരിണിയുമാകുന്നു।
Narada (instructional narration within a technical/ritual context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
It links inner purification (nyāsa—sacralizing the body as a mantra-seat) with focused deity-visualization, showing that meditation becomes effective when the practitioner’s body-mind is ritually aligned.
Bhakti here is expressed as reverent contemplation: the devotee fixes the heart on the deity’s form and splendor, using loving attention (dhyāna) as a disciplined act of worship.
A practical ritual takeaway is the procedural use of nyāsa and dhyāna—technical steps of mantra-application and visualization commonly systematized in ancillary ritual sciences (kalpa-style procedure) within Purāṇic instruction.