Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 8
Śeṣoditya-Sūrya-nyāsa, Soma-sādhana, Graha-pūjā, and Bhauma-vrata-vidhi
सूर्यं च मूर्ध्नि वदने हृदि गुह्ये च पादयोः । सद्यादिपञ्च ह्रस्वाद्यान् न्यसेन्ङे हृदयोंऽतिमान् ॥ ८ ॥
sūryaṃ ca mūrdhni vadane hṛdi guhye ca pādayoḥ | sadyādipañca hrasvādyān nyasenṅe hṛdayoṃ'timān || 8 ||
সাধক মস্তক, মুখ, হৃদয়, গুপ্ত-দেশ ও পদযুগলে সূর্যদেবের ন্যাস স্থাপন করুক। পরে ‘সদ্য’ প্রভৃতি পঞ্চক ও হ্রস্বাদি স্বরসমেত ক্রমে ন্যাস করে হৃদয়-ন্যাস সম্পূর্ণ করুক।
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within Vedanga/ritual context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches nyāsa—sacralizing the practitioner’s body by assigning divine power (here, Sūrya and a pentad of mantras) to specific loci, making the body a fit support for mantra-japa and ritual contemplation.
By prescribing embodied worship: devotion is expressed not only as feeling but as disciplined ritual remembrance, where the deity is invoked and honored in the very limbs and vital centers before further practice.
Ritual-technical practice linked to Vedāṅga application—precise mantra placement (nyāsa), phonetic elements like short vowels (hrasva), and ordered limb-mapping used in formal worship and mantra-sādhana.