The Description of the Four Durgā Mantras
मातंगीपदयोश्चान्यं मन्मथान्वदनांशयोः । पार्स्वकट्योर्नाभिदेशे कटिपार्श्वांशके पुनः ॥ ११४ ॥
mātaṃgīpadayoścānyaṃ manmathānvadanāṃśayoḥ | pārsvakaṭyornābhideśe kaṭipārśvāṃśake punaḥ || 114 ||
Иной (мантру/знак) следует поместить у стоп Матанги; иной — на частях лица Манматхи; иной — на боках и бёдрах; в области пупка; и снова — на боковых частях талии.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
It teaches ritualized body-installation (nyāsa): sanctifying specific bodily loci so the practitioner’s body becomes a fit vessel for mantra-siddhi and disciplined worship.
By prescribing careful placements tied to deities, it frames devotion as precise, embodied worship—bhakti expressed through regulated ritual attention rather than mere sentiment.
Practical ritual-application knowledge: a technical procedure of assigning mantras/marks to body-points (a prayoga/nyāsa-type instruction), aligning practice with disciplined liturgy.