The Description of the Four Durgā Mantras
मातंगीपदयोश्चान्यं मन्मथान्वदनांशयोः । पार्स्वकट्योर्नाभिदेशे कटिपार्श्वांशके पुनः ॥ ११४ ॥
mātaṃgīpadayoścānyaṃ manmathānvadanāṃśayoḥ | pārsvakaṭyornābhideśe kaṭipārśvāṃśake punaḥ || 114 ||
ماتنگی کے قدموں پر ایک اور (منتر/نشان) رکھا جائے؛ منمَتھ کے چہرے کے حصّوں پر (ایک اور)؛ پہلوؤں اور کمر پر؛ ناف کے مقام پر؛ اور پھر کمر کے پہلوئی حصّوں میں دوبارہ نصب کیا جائے۔
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
It teaches ritualized body-installation (nyāsa): sanctifying specific bodily loci so the practitioner’s body becomes a fit vessel for mantra-siddhi and disciplined worship.
By prescribing careful placements tied to deities, it frames devotion as precise, embodied worship—bhakti expressed through regulated ritual attention rather than mere sentiment.
Practical ritual-application knowledge: a technical procedure of assigning mantras/marks to body-points (a prayoga/nyāsa-type instruction), aligning practice with disciplined liturgy.