Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 64
The Description of the Four Durgā Mantras
इच्छादिशक्तिभिर्युक्तं भैरव्याः पीठमर्चयेत् । इच्छा ज्ञाना क्रिया पश्चात्कामिनी कामदायिनी ॥ ६४ ॥
icchādiśaktibhiryuktaṃ bhairavyāḥ pīṭhamarcayet | icchā jñānā kriyā paścātkāminī kāmadāyinī || 64 ||
इच्छा इत्यादी शक्तींनी युक्त भैरवीच्या पीठाचे विधिपूर्वक अर्चन करावे। नंतर इच्छा, ज्ञाना, क्रिया आणि कामिनी—जी इच्छित फल देणारी—या शक्तींचे पूजन करावे।
Narada (teaching in a technical/ritual-vidhi section; traditional dialogue frame within Narada Purana)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
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It frames pīṭha-worship as awakening and honoring the inner śaktis—Will, Knowledge, and Action—so that spiritual practice becomes empowered and capable of granting rightful aims (kāma) under dharma.
Bhakti here takes the form of archana (reverent worship): devotion is not only emotion but structured reverence toward the Divine Mother (Bhairavī) and her śakti-manifestations, aligning the devotee’s will, understanding, and conduct.
Practical ritual-vidhi is emphasized: identifying śakti-tattvas invoked in worship and the ordered contemplation of Icchā–Jñānā–Kriyā, a technical framework often used in mantra-śāstra and pūjā procedure.