Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 192
The Exposition of the Maheśa Mantra
Mahēśa-mantra-prakāśana
ताराद्यो वसुवर्णोऽयं क्षेत्रपालस्य कीर्तितः । षड्दीर्घयुक्तबीजेन षडंगं न्यस्य चिन्तयेत् ॥ १९२ ॥
tārādyo vasuvarṇo'yaṃ kṣetrapālasya kīrtitaḥ | ṣaḍdīrghayuktabījena ṣaḍaṃgaṃ nyasya cintayet || 192 ||
‘താരാ’യോടെ ആരംഭിച്ച് സ്വർണ്ണവർണ്ണപ്രഭയോടെ ദീപ്തമായ ഈ മന്ത്രം ക്ഷേത്രപാലനുടേതെന്ന് പ്രസ്താവിക്കുന്നു। ആറു ദീർഘസ്വരങ്ങളോടുകൂടിയ ബീജംകൊണ്ട് ഷഡംഗ-ന്യാസം ചെയ്ത് പിന്നെ ദേവനെ ധ്യാനിക്കണം।
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the technical/ritual section)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It teaches that protection of a sacred space is not merely external; it is established through mantra, nyāsa (ritual placement of power in the body), and focused contemplation of Kṣetrapāla.
Bhakti here is expressed as disciplined remembrance—meditating on Kṣetrapāla after mantra-nyāsa—so devotion becomes steady, embodied, and protective rather than only emotional.
It highlights technical ritual method—use of bīja-mantras with specified vowel-lengths and the ṣaḍaṅga-nyāsa procedure—showing precise phonetics (śikṣā) and mantra-application within sacred rites.