Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 79
Yakṣiṇī-Mantra-Sādhana Nirūpaṇa
Lakṣmī-avatāra-vidyāḥ: Bālā, Annapūrṇā, Bagalā
षोडशारे स्मृते चव मानदातुष्टिपुष्टयः । प्रीती रतिर्ह्नीः श्रीश्चापि स्वधा स्वाहा दशम्यथ ॥ ७९ ॥
ṣoḍaśāre smṛte cava mānadātuṣṭipuṣṭayaḥ | prītī ratirhnīḥ śrīścāpi svadhā svāhā daśamyatha || 79 ||
جب سولہ-پَرّوں والے چکر کا دھیان کیا جائے تو ماندا، تُشٹی، پُشٹی، پریتی، رَتی، ہری اور شری؛ اور نیز سْودھا اور سْواہا بھی بطورِ ادھیشتھاتری شکتی بیان ہوتی ہیں۔
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It maps specific śaktis (personified qualities and ritual powers) onto a sixteen-spoked meditative/ritual schema, showing how inner virtues (hrī, prīti) and outer prosperity (śrī, puṣṭi) are integrated with Vedic offering principles (svadhā, svāhā).
By treating remembrance/meditation (smṛti) on a sacred chakra as a devotional upāsanā, it implies that bhakti is supported by cultivating divine qualities—contentment, affection, modesty, and auspiciousness—while honoring sacred rites.
Ritual-technical usage is highlighted through the explicit inclusion of the offering formulas Svadhā (for Pitṛ-yajña context) and Svāhā (for Deva-yajña/Agnihotra-type offerings), reflecting applied Kalpa (ritual procedure) within a mantra-upāsanā framework.