Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 168
The Exposition of the Krishna Mantra (Kṛṣṇa-mantra-prakāśa): Nyāsa, Dhyāna, Worship, Yantra, and Prayoga
हृदये चोदरे नाभौ लिंगे मूलसरोरुहे । कट्यां जान्वोर्जंघयोश्च गुल्फयोः पादयोस्तथा ॥ १६८ ॥
hṛdaye codare nābhau liṃge mūlasaroruhe | kaṭyāṃ jānvorjaṃghayośca gulphayoḥ pādayostathā || 168 ||
No coração, no ventre, no umbigo, no órgão gerador, no lótus-raiz; e igualmente na cintura, nos joelhos, nas canelas, nos tornozelos e nos pés.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
It enumerates bodily loci used for internalized ritual practice, indicating that worship and mantra-power are to be established through disciplined placement (nyāsa) across key centers of the body.
By mapping sacred remembrance onto the body, it supports devotional practice as continuous, embodied worship—turning the practitioner’s own limbs into a field for reverent mantra-application.
It reflects technical ritual procedure (prayoga) associated with mantra-application and nyāsa—an applied discipline aligned with Vedic auxiliary sciences used to execute rites correctly.