Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 6
Śeṣoditya-Sūrya-nyāsa, Soma-sādhana, Graha-pūjā, and Bhauma-vrata-vidhi
नेत्रो ज्वाला मनो हुं फट्स्वाहांता मनवो गणाः । पुनः षडर्णैर्ह्री लक्ष्म्याः कृत्वांतः स्थैः षडंगकम् ॥ ६ ॥
netro jvālā mano huṃ phaṭsvāhāṃtā manavo gaṇāḥ | punaḥ ṣaḍarṇairhrī lakṣmyāḥ kṛtvāṃtaḥ sthaiḥ ṣaḍaṃgakam || 6 ||
‘नेत्र’, ‘ज्वाला’, ‘मनो’ तसेच ‘हुं’, ‘फट्’, ‘स्वाहा’ अंत असलेले मंत्र—हे मंत्र-गण सांगितले आहेत। नंतर लक्ष्मीच्या षडर्ण ‘ह्रीं’ ने अंतःस्थ करून षडंगक विधी करावा।
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within a technical Vedanga/ritual-vidhi context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches that mantra is not merely recited outwardly: it is to be organized into specific groups and then internalized through ṣaḍaṅga (sixfold) nyāsa, making the practitioner’s body-mind a consecrated seat of Lakṣmī’s power (Hrīṃ).
Bhakti here is expressed as disciplined upāsanā: reverence for Lakṣmī is enacted by careful mantra-application and inward fixation (antaḥ-sthāpanā), aligning devotion with purity, protection, and focused remembrance.
It highlights technical ritual procedure—mantra classification (gaṇa), use of bīja syllables (huṃ/phaṭ/svāhā), and ṣaḍaṅga-nyāsa as a structured, repeatable method of consecration and protection used in applied Vedic/Tantric practice.