Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 24
The Classification and Explanation of Yakṣiṇī Mantras
Kālī and Tārā Vidyās
रजः कीर्णं भगं नार्या ध्यायन्यो ह्ययुतं जपेत् । सकवित्वेन रम्येण जनान्मोहयति ध्रुवम् ॥ २४ ॥
rajaḥ kīrṇaṃ bhagaṃ nāryā dhyāyanyo hyayutaṃ japet | sakavitvena ramyeṇa janānmohayati dhruvam || 24 ||
రజస్సుతో లిప్తమైన స్త్రీ యోనిని ధ్యానించి (మంత్రాన్ని) పదివేల సార్లు జపించువాడు, మనోహర కవిత్వమయ వాక్చాతుర్యంతో జనులను నిశ్చయంగా మోహింపజేస్తాడు.
Sanatkumara (instructional discourse to Narada within Third Pada topics)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bibhatsa
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
The verse records a specific mantra-prayoga claiming that certain impure visualizations combined with intensive japa lead to a “mohana” effect—power to bewilder others—highlighting the Purana’s cataloging of technical mantra outcomes rather than endorsing them as liberating practice.
It contrasts worldly siddhi-seeking (mohana through speech) with the higher aim of bhakti and moksha taught elsewhere in the Narada Purana—showing that such powers are distractions from Vishnu-bhakti and inner purification.
It reflects a technical “mantra-japa prayoga” framework—counted recitation (ayuta = 10,000), dhyāna (visualization), and stated phala (result)—a style of applied ritual/occult instruction found in technical sections rather than narrative devotion.