Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 116
The Description of the Four Durgā Mantras
षष्ठं कन्दर्पनामानं मनोभवरतिप्रियौ । मातंग्यंतास्ततो न्यस्येत्स्थानेष्वेतेषु मंत्रवित् ॥ ११६ ॥
ṣaṣṭhaṃ kandarpanāmānaṃ manobhavaratipriyau | mātaṃgyaṃtāstato nyasyetsthāneṣveteṣu maṃtravit || 116 ||
त्यानंतर मंत्रवित् सहावे ‘कंदर्प’ नाव, तसेच ‘मनोभव’, ‘रति-प्रिय’ आणि ‘मातंगी’ने समाप्त होणारी नावे—यांचा या-या स्थानी न्यास करावा.
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within a technical Vedanga/ritual exposition)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It teaches disciplined mantra-practice: sacred names are not merely recited but ritually ‘installed’ (nyāsa) in prescribed locations, aligning speech, mind, and body with the mantra’s power under the guidance of mantra-knowledge (mantravit).
Though technical, it supports bhakti by prescribing focused, reverent remembrance of sacred names through embodied practice; devotion is stabilized when the practitioner internalizes the mantra via nyāsa rather than treating recitation as casual.
It highlights applied ritual methodology—mantra-nyāsa (a technical procedure allied to correct mantra-use and ritual performance), emphasizing competence (mantravit) and precise assignment of mantra-names to specified ‘sthānas’.