Adhyaya 30

This chapter concludes the prior discussion on maṇḍala features and turns at once to prescriptive ritual method. Nārada sets out the worship-sequence within a lotus maṇḍala: the practitioner installs and worships Brahmā at the lotus center (madhye padme) together with his aṅgas (auxiliary limbs/attendants), so the maṇḍala becomes a living field of divinity, not a mere diagram. The eastern lotus-sector is assigned to Viṣṇu Padmanābha, expressing a directional theology that maps deities to petals/quarters for orderly upāsanā. Thus Agneya-vidyā is exemplified—sacred geometry as a procedural interface uniting iconographic placement, mantra-structured worship, and dharmic order—signaled from the opening verses as precise ritual cartography harmonizing devotion with repeatable practice.