The Classification and Explanation of Yakṣiṇī Mantras
Kālī and Tārā Vidyās
क्रोधोऽस्त्रं मनुवर्णोऽयं मनुः पुष्पादिशोधने । तारः पाशः परा स्वाहा पंचार्णस्चित्तशोधने ॥ ९१ ॥
krodho'straṃ manuvarṇo'yaṃ manuḥ puṣpādiśodhane | tāraḥ pāśaḥ parā svāhā paṃcārṇascittaśodhane || 91 ||
‘کرودھ’ استر-منتر ہے۔ منو-ورنوں سے مرکب یہ منتر پھول وغیرہ کی تطہیر میں کام آتا ہے۔ ‘تارا’، ‘پاش’، ‘پرا’، ‘سواہا’ اور پانچ اَکشر—چِتّ کی شُدھی کے لیے ہیں۔
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada on technical ritual-mantra usage)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
It links outer ritual purity (purifying flowers and offerings) with inner purity (citta-śodhana), showing that mantra-practice is meant to cleanse both the worship materials and the worshipper’s mind.
By prescribing mantras for purification, it frames bhakti as disciplined worship: offerings become fit for the deity and the devotee’s mind becomes steady and clear for remembrance and devotion.
A technical ritual procedure: selecting specific mantras (astra-mantra, Tāra/Oṁ, svāhā, and pañcākṣarī) for śodhana—purifying ritual items and performing mental purification as part of mantra-vidhi.