Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 82
Bhāgīratha’s Bringing of the Gaṅgā
नमश्चैतन्यरूपाय पुष्टानां पतये नमः । नमोऽकल्पप्रकल्पाय भूतानां पतये नमः ॥ ८२ ॥
namaścaitanyarūpāya puṣṭānāṃ pataye namaḥ | namo'kalpaprakalpāya bhūtānāṃ pataye namaḥ || 82 ||
Ehrerbietung dem, dessen Wesen reine Bewusstheit ist; Ehrerbietung dem Herrn und Beschützer der Genährten und Gedeihenden. Ehrerbietung dem, der über jede feste Ordnung hinaus ist und doch immer neu ordnet; Ehrerbietung dem Herrn und Beschützer aller Wesen.
Narada (in a devotional stuti within the dialogue framework with Sanatkumara and the Kumara sages)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It worships the Supreme as pure Consciousness (caitanya) and as the universal Protector—showing that devotion culminates in recognizing the Lord as both the inner Self-awareness and the sustaining power behind all beings.
Bhakti here is expressed as repeated namas (salutations) grounded in clear attributes: the Lord is consciousness itself and the guardian of creation; such remembrance (smaraṇa) and praise (stuti) are core devotional practices in the Purana tradition.
Primarily Vyākaraṇa/semantic insight: compound meanings like caitanya-rūpa and akalpa-prakalpa sharpen theological understanding; the verse functions more as mantra-style stuti than as a technical ritual or astrology instruction.