Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 49
The Description of the Four Durgā Mantras
हृद्यघोरकुमारादिकंदर्प्पं तदनंतरम् । गुह्यदेशे प्रविन्यस्येद्वामदेवादिमन्मथम् ॥ ४९ ॥
hṛdyaghorakumārādikaṃdarppaṃ tadanaṃtaram | guhyadeśe pravinyasyedvāmadevādimanmatham || 49 ||
मग हृदयात अघोरकुमारादि रूप कंदर्पाचा न्यास करावा। त्यानंतर गुह्यदेशी वामदेवादि रूप मन्मथाचा विन्यास करावा॥
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within a technical/ritual teaching sequence)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: shringara
FAQs
It teaches internal worship through nyāsa—placing mantra-deity forms into specific bodily centers—so the practitioner’s body becomes a consecrated field for disciplined sādhanā rather than mere external ritual.
By prescribing devotional internalization: the deity is not only worshipped outwardly but installed within the heart and vital centers, aligning emotion (hṛd) and embodied life with sacred remembrance.
It reflects applied ritual-technology: precise nyāsa procedure (a technical prayoga) that relies on correct recitation and placement—closely tied to śikṣā (phonetics) and kalpa (ritual method) in practice.