Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 50
The Description of the Four Durgā Mantras
सद्योजातं कामदेवं पादयोर्विन्यसेत्ततः । ऊर्द्ध्वंप्राग्दक्षिणोदीच्यपश्चिमेषु मुखेषु तान् ॥ ५० ॥
sadyojātaṃ kāmadevaṃ pādayorvinyasettataḥ | ūrddhvaṃprāgdakṣiṇodīcyapaścimeṣu mukheṣu tān || 50 ||
پھر پاؤں میں سدیوجات اور کام دیو کا نیاس کرے۔ اس کے بعد اوپر، مشرق، جنوب، شمال اور مغرب رُخ والے چہروں پر انہیں قائم کرے۔
Narada (instructing the Sanatkumara tradition on technical ritual procedure/nyasa)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches nyāsa—sacralizing the ritual body/space by assigning mantras and deities to specific limbs and directions, making worship a consecrated, ordered act rather than a merely external offering.
Bhakti here is expressed through precise upacāra: the devotee mentally installs divine presences (Sadyojāta, Kāmadeva) into the worship-field, aligning body, icon, and directions as an act of reverent, attentive devotion.
Kalpa-oriented ritual technique: vinyāsa/nyāsa and dik-vinyāsa (directional placement) on pāda (feet) and mukha (faces), showing how mantras are mapped onto a ritual schema.