Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 62
The Classification and Explanation of Yakṣiṇī Mantras
Kālī and Tārā Vidyās
उड्डीयानं चवर्गाद्यं केशसन्धौ प्रविन्यसेत् । कण्ठे तु मथुरापीठं दशम यादिकं न्यसेत् ॥ ६२ ॥
uḍḍīyānaṃ cavargādyaṃ keśasandhau pravinyaset | kaṇṭhe tu mathurāpīṭhaṃ daśama yādikaṃ nyaset || 62 ||
முடி-சந்தியில் ச-வர்க்கம் முதலான ‘உட்டியாண’ ந்யாசத்தை கவனமாகச் செய்ய வேண்டும். தொண்டையில் ‘மதுரா-பீடம்’ மற்றும் ‘ய’ முதலான பத்தாம் ந்யாசத்தையும் நிறுவ வேண்டும்।
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada on technical ritual-nyasa procedure)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
This verse teaches a disciplined inner consecration (nyāsa), mapping mantra-syllable groups and sacred seats (pīṭhas) onto the body so the practitioner’s speech and subtle centers become ritually aligned for worship and mantra-japa.
Although technical, the nyāsa described is a preparatory limb of devotion: by sanctifying the body as a support for the deity’s presence, the devotee performs worship with greater focus, purity, and one-pointed remembrance.
It reflects applied phonetic/letter-group awareness (śikṣā and varṇa-vinyāsa) used in ritual manuals: consonant groups (ca-varga, ya-series) are assigned to bodily locations as part of systematic mantra-nyāsa.