Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 15
The Description of the Four Durgā Mantras
बाह्यावरणमारभ्य पूजयेत्प्रतिलोमतः । भूपुरे बाह्यभागेषु वज्रादीनि प्रपूजयेत् ॥ १५ ॥
bāhyāvaraṇamārabhya pūjayetpratilomataḥ | bhūpure bāhyabhāgeṣu vajrādīni prapūjayet || 15 ||
Beginnend mit der äußeren Umfassung soll die Verehrung in umgekehrter Reihenfolge (nach innen schreitend) vollzogen werden. Und an den äußeren Abschnitten des bhūpura, der quadratischen Grenze des Maṇḍala, soll man besonders den Vajra und die übrigen Schutzzeichen/-gottheiten verehren.
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada on technical ritual procedure)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
It teaches that sacred worship is structured: protection and purification are established first at the outer boundary (bhūpura) before moving inward toward the central deity, ensuring a guarded and orderly approach to the divine presence.
Bhakti here is expressed as disciplined reverence—approaching the Lord through prescribed layers of worship, honoring protective powers (like Vajra) and the mandala’s boundaries so devotion becomes focused, stable, and ritually complete.
It highlights applied ritual-technology: the concept of āvaraṇas (enclosures), the bhūpura as a mandala component, and the correct sequencing of pūjā (pratiloma order) used in technical worship systems.