Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 32
The Description of the Worship of Rāma and Others
Rāmādi-pūjā-vidhāna
किंतु प्रयोगकर्तॄणां परलोको न विद्यते । षट्कोणं वसुपत्रं च तद्बाह्यार्कदलं लिखेत् ॥ ३२ ॥
kiṃtu prayogakartṝṇāṃ paraloko na vidyate | ṣaṭkoṇaṃ vasupatraṃ ca tadbāhyārkadalaṃ likhet || 32 ||
لكن من يستعمل هذه التطبيقات الطقسية على أنها مجرد حيلةٍ وتقنية، فلا نصيب له من نيل الآخرة. فليُرسَمْ سداسيٌّ، ثم لوتسٌ ذو ثماني بتلات، وخارجَه دائرةُ بتلاتٍ كهيئة الشمس.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a technical-ritual context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
It warns that ritual “applications” (prayoga) done as mere technique, without right aim and inner orientation, do not yield higher spiritual destiny (paraloka); the verse then prescribes the proper yantra layout used to support disciplined worship.
Indirectly: it implies that external forms (diagrams and procedures) must be joined to sincere intent and reverence; otherwise the practice becomes empty craft rather than devotion-centered worship that uplifts the practitioner.
A technical prayoga instruction: constructing a yantra by drawing a ṣaṭkoṇa (hexagon), an eight-petalled lotus (vasupatra), and an outer arka-dala (sun-like petalled ring)—a procedural detail aligned with ritual science and sacred diagram traditions.