The Description of the Four Durgā Mantras
पादं गोरोचनांतानि त्रीणि पिष्ट्वाहिमांभसा । विदध्यात्तिलकं भाले यान्पश्येद्यैर्विलोक्यते ॥ ९४ ॥
pādaṃ gorocanāṃtāni trīṇi piṣṭvāhimāṃbhasā | vidadhyāttilakaṃ bhāle yānpaśyedyairvilokyate || 94 ||
گوروچنا وغیرہ تین چیزوں کو بےآزار (پاک) پانی سے پیس کر پیشانی پر تلک لگائے۔ اس تلک کے ساتھ جسے وہ دیکھے، وہ بھی اسے خوشگوار نظر سے دیکھے۔
Narada (teaching in a technical/ritual context, traditionally within Narada–Sanatkumara dialogue)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
It presents a ritual method where a properly prepared forehead tilaka functions as an auspicious marker, shaping one’s social and spiritual interactions through purity, restraint (ahimsā), and sanctified substances.
While not directly a bhakti hymn, it supports devotional culture by emphasizing external signs of sacred discipline (tilaka) and ritual purity, which traditionally accompany worship and temple-going in Vaishnava and broader Vedic practice.
It highlights procedural ritual know-how—selection of substances, purification of water, and correct application of tilaka—aligned with practical disciplines associated with kalpa-style ritual method and purity rules used in Vedic rites.