Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 192
The Exposition of the Maheśa Mantra
Mahēśa-mantra-prakāśana
ताराद्यो वसुवर्णोऽयं क्षेत्रपालस्य कीर्तितः । षड्दीर्घयुक्तबीजेन षडंगं न्यस्य चिन्तयेत् ॥ १९२ ॥
tārādyo vasuvarṇo'yaṃ kṣetrapālasya kīrtitaḥ | ṣaḍdīrghayuktabījena ṣaḍaṃgaṃ nyasya cintayet || 192 ||
ताराद्यः सुवर्णवर्णोऽयं मन्त्रः क्षेत्रपालस्य कीर्तितः। षड्दीर्घयुक्तबीजेन षडङ्गन्यासं कृत्वा ततः तं देवम् चिन्तयेत्।
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the technical/ritual section)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It teaches that protection of a sacred space is not merely external; it is established through mantra, nyāsa (ritual placement of power in the body), and focused contemplation of Kṣetrapāla.
Bhakti here is expressed as disciplined remembrance—meditating on Kṣetrapāla after mantra-nyāsa—so devotion becomes steady, embodied, and protective rather than only emotional.
It highlights technical ritual method—use of bīja-mantras with specified vowel-lengths and the ṣaḍaṅga-nyāsa procedure—showing precise phonetics (śikṣā) and mantra-application within sacred rites.