Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 23
Hanumān-mantra-kathana: Mantra-bheda, Nyāsa, Yantra, and Prayoga
तज्जप्तभस्मलिप्तांगो भुक्त्वा तन्मंत्रितं पयः । योद्धुं गच्छेच्च यो मंत्री शस्त्रसंघैंर्न बाध्यते ॥ २३ ॥
tajjaptabhasmaliptāṃgo bhuktvā tanmaṃtritaṃ payaḥ | yoddhuṃ gacchecca yo maṃtrī śastrasaṃghaiṃrna bādhyate || 23 ||
त्या जपाने अभिमंत्रित भस्म अंगाला लावून आणि त्याच मंत्राने संस्कृत दूध प्राशन करून जो मंत्री युद्धास जातो, तो शस्त्रांच्या वर्षावाने बाधित होत नाही।
Narada (teaching a technical mantra-rite within the Vedanga/ritual instructions)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents mantra as a protective spiritual technology: japa empowers substances (ash and milk), and disciplined ritual use is said to generate rakṣā (spiritual protection) even in dangerous worldly situations.
While primarily a technical rite, it assumes reverent reliance on mantra (received and used with faith and purity). That attitude—trust in sacred sound and divine protection—supports a bhakti-oriented worldview even when the goal here is practical safety.
Mantra-prayoga and ritual procedure: empowering materials through japa, applying bhasma, and consecrating a drink (mantrita payaḥ). This aligns with applied Vedic ritual knowledge (kalpa-type practice) within the text’s technical sciences section.