Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 105
Mantra-Māhātmya and Sādhana of Kārtavīryārjuna
Nyāsa, Yantra, Homa, and Dīpa-Vrata
स्त्रीशूद्रपतितादीनां संभाषामपि वर्जयेत् । जपेत्सहस्रं प्रत्येकं मंत्रराजं नवाक्षरम् ॥ १०५ ॥
strīśūdrapatitādīnāṃ saṃbhāṣāmapi varjayet | japetsahasraṃ pratyekaṃ maṃtrarājaṃ navākṣaram || 105 ||
พึงละเว้นแม้แต่การสนทนากับสตรี ศูทร ผู้ตกต่ำ และจำพวกนั้น และในแต่ละการปฏิบัติ พึงสวดภาวนา “มนตรราช” เก้าพยางค์ให้ครบหนึ่งพันจบ.
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
It emphasizes mantra-sādhana as a disciplined practice: purity of association and regulated speech are presented as supports for effective japa, culminating in a prescribed count (one thousand) of a powerful nine-syllabled mantra.
By centering devotion on steady repetition of a “mantra-rāja,” it frames bhakti as sustained remembrance through japa, protected by behavioral restraints meant to keep the mind single-pointed.
It reflects ritual procedure and mantra-practice discipline (prayoga/vidhi): specifying eligibility-like restraints and a fixed japa-saṅkhyā (count), a technical feature of regulated recitation traditions.