Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 19
The Description of the Four Durgā Mantras
संहारिण्यष्टमी चेति षट्कोणेष्वंगमूर्तयः । त्रिकोणगा छिन्नमस्ता पार्श्वयोस्तु सखीद्वयम् ॥ १९ ॥
saṃhāriṇyaṣṭamī ceti ṣaṭkoṇeṣvaṃgamūrtayaḥ | trikoṇagā chinnamastā pārśvayostu sakhīdvayam || 19 ||
‘संहारिणी’ आणि ‘अष्टमी’—या षट्कोणाच्या सहा कोपऱ्यांत अंगदेवता म्हणून स्थापाव्यात। मध्य त्रिकोणात छिन्नमस्ता, आणि तिच्या दोन्ही बाजूंना सखींची जोडी असते।
Sanatkumara (in dialogue with Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: raudra
FAQs
It encodes a precise meditative-ritual mapping: auxiliary (aṅga) powers are arranged in the ṣaṭkoṇa, while the core deity (Chinnamastā) is fixed in the trikoṇa with attendants, guiding visualization, nyāsa, and focused worship.
Here bhakti is expressed as disciplined upāsanā: devotion becomes steady when the worshipper contemplates the deity with correct placements and attendant powers, turning emotion into concentrated, rule-based remembrance.
It reflects technical ritual structure—diagrammatic placement and aṅga-deity assignment (a form of procedural kalpa/ritual science), emphasizing exact arrangement and terminology used for worship-visualization.