Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 8
Yakṣiṇī-Mantra-Sādhana Nirūpaṇa
Lakṣmī-avatāra-vidyāḥ: Bālā, Annapūrṇā, Bagalā
स्तनयोः कंठदेशे च वामांगादिषु विन्यसेत् । वाग्भवाद्यां रतिं गुह्ये प्रीतिमत्यादिकां हृदि ॥ ८ ॥
stanayoḥ kaṃṭhadeśe ca vāmāṃgādiṣu vinyaset | vāgbhavādyāṃ ratiṃ guhye prītimatyādikāṃ hṛdi || 8 ||
स्तनयोः कण्ठदेशे च वामाङ्गादिषु च न्यासं विन्यसेत्। वाग्भवाद्यां रतिं गुह्ये, प्रीतिमत्यादिकां हृदि विन्यसेत्॥
Narada (teaching a technical ritual procedure within the Vedāṅga/technical section)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches nyāsa—internalizing sacred power by ritually placing mantras/śaktis on specific body regions—so the practitioner’s body becomes a sanctified support for mantra-japa and worship.
By prescribing bodily and mental consecration before worship, it supports focused, reverent practice; such preparatory rites are used to steady attention and deepen devotional absorption during mantra-based pūjā.
It highlights procedural ritual know-how—nyāsa/vinyāsa (mantra placement) and the mapping of mantra-śaktis to bodily loci—typical of technical liturgical instruction within the text’s Vedāṅga-oriented material.