Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 155
The Exposition of the Krishna Mantra (Kṛṣṇa-mantra-prakāśa): Nyāsa, Dhyāna, Worship, Yantra, and Prayoga
मध्ये केणेषु बाह्येष्वनलपुरपुटस्यालिखेत्कर्णिकायां कंदर्पं साध्ययुक्तं विवरगतषडर्णद्विषः केशरेषु । शक्तिः श्रीपूर्विकाणिद्विनवलिपिमनोरक्षराणिच्छदानां मध्ये वर्णान्दशान्तो दशलिपिमनुवर्यस्य वैकैकशोऽब्जम् ॥ १५५ ॥
madhye keṇeṣu bāhyeṣvanalapurapuṭasyālikhetkarṇikāyāṃ kaṃdarpaṃ sādhyayuktaṃ vivaragataṣaḍarṇadviṣaḥ keśareṣu | śaktiḥ śrīpūrvikāṇidvinavalipimanorakṣarāṇicchadānāṃ madhye varṇāndaśānto daśalipimanuvaryasya vaikaikaśo'bjam || 155 ||
Pada sudut-sudut tengah dan luar rajah teratai (kepungan “kota api”), hendaklah ditulis pada bahagian putik (karnikā) Kāma-bīja bersama tujuan yang dihajatkan (sādhya). Pada kelopak-kelopak, hendaklah ditempatkan mantra enam suku kata, “musuh bagi enam bukaan”, yang mengekang enam pintu indera. Kemudian, dengan meletakkan Śakti dan Śrī di hadapan, tulislah suku kata pelindung minda yang tersusun sebagai dua kali sembilan huruf; dan pada lapisan-lapisan penutup di antara, tulislah sepuluh huruf yang berakhir pada huruf kesepuluh, serta mantra sepuluh huruf Anuvarya yang unggul—satu demi satu—pada teratai itu.
Sanatkumara (in dialogue teaching Narada technical mantra-vidhi)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It presents a precise mantra–yantra procedure: placing specific bījas and protective syllables in the lotus’s pericarp, petals, and enclosures so that the sādhaka’s intention is supported by controlled senses and stabilized mind.
Though technical, the structure assumes surrender to divine Śakti and Śrī and disciplined sense-restraint; such inner order is treated as supportive to focused worship and remembrance, which are core to bhakti-oriented practice.
Ritual-technical knowledge: mantra-nyāsa, syllabic mapping (akṣara-vinyāsa), and diagrammatic placement (yantra-lekhana) used for protective and goal-oriented rites—typical of the Purana’s technical-science material in Book 1.3.