Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 5
The Exposition of the Maheśa Mantra
Mahēśa-mantra-prakāśana
ताः स्युस्तत्पुरुषाघोरभववामेशसंज्ञिकाः । वक्त्रहृत्पादगुह्येषु निजमूर्द्धनि ताः पुनः ॥ ५ ॥
tāḥ syustatpuruṣāghorabhavavāmeśasaṃjñikāḥ | vaktrahṛtpādaguhyeṣu nijamūrddhani tāḥ punaḥ || 5 ||
या शक्ती ‘तत्पुरुष’, ‘अघोर’, ‘भव’ आणि ‘वामेश’ या नावांनी ओळखल्या जातात। त्यांचा न्यास मुखी, हृदयी, पादांमध्ये व गुह्यप्रदेशी करावा, आणि पुन्हा स्वतःच्या मस्तकीही स्थापावा।
Sanatkumara (in dialogue with Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches nyāsa—installing sacred mantras into specific bodily loci—so the practitioner’s body is ritually transformed into a fit vessel for worship, aligning speech, feeling, action, and generative power under the deity’s mantric presence.
Bhakti here is expressed as embodied reverence: by placing the deity’s names/mantras in the mouth, heart, feet, and crown, devotion becomes continuous—through speech (japa), inner feeling, service/action, and surrender to the Lord’s authority.
It reflects applied ritual science—mantra-prayoga and nyāsa (a limb of kalpa-style procedure): precise placement of mantras on body-points to structure worship and meditation according to prescribed method.