विष्णुरुवाच । ममापि वद देवेशि कीदृक्तन्मन्त्रपञ्चकम् । यत्त्वयाऽनुष्ठितं पूर्वं तया तासां निवेदि तम्
viṣṇuruvāca | mamāpi vada deveśi kīdṛktanmantrapañcakam | yattvayā'nuṣṭhitaṃ pūrvaṃ tayā tāsāṃ nivedi tam
വിഷ്ണു പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ദേവേശീ, ആ മന്ത്രപഞ്ചകം എങ്ങനെയുള്ളതാണെന്ന് എനിക്കും പറയുക. നീ മുൻപ് എങ്ങനെ അനുഷ്ഠിച്ചതോ, അതുപോലെ അവർക്കും അത് വിവരിക്കൂ.
Viṣṇu
Type: kshetra
Scene: Viṣṇu respectfully addresses Devī/Lakṣmī, requesting the exact mantra-pañcaka and its method of practice; the scene conveys mutual reverence and sacred pedagogy.
Purāṇic teaching stresses correct transmission: practices should be shared as authentically performed (yathā-anuṣṭhāna).
The instruction occurs within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya portion of Nāgara-khaṇḍa.
The verse requests the exact form of the five-mantra set used for prior worship, indicating a standardized mantra-vidhi.