Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 80
The Description of the Worship of Rāma and Others
Rāmādi-pūjā-vidhāna
विश्वामित्रो मुनिश्छदो धृती रामोऽस्य देवता । तारो बीजं नमः शक्तिश्चंद्राक्ष्यब्ध्यग्निषड्भुजैः ॥ ८० ॥
viśvāmitro muniśchado dhṛtī rāmo'sya devatā | tāro bījaṃ namaḥ śaktiścaṃdrākṣyabdhyagniṣaḍbhujaiḥ || 80 ||
For this mantra, the ṛṣi is Viśvāmitra; the metre (chandas) is Muni; its sustaining power is Dhṛtī; and its presiding deity is Rāma. The seed-syllable (bīja) is “tāra”, the activating power (śakti) is “namaḥ”, and its nyāsa is applied by the numerical code: moon–eyes–ocean–fire–six-armed.
Narada (teaching in a technical Vedanga/mantra-vidhi section; traditional dialogue context with Sanatkumara lineage)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It preserves the orthodox mantra-lakṣaṇa framework—ṛṣi, chandas, devatā, bīja, and śakti—showing that devotional recitation must be aligned with correct Vedic-ritual knowledge (vidhi) to become spiritually efficacious.
By naming Rāma as the devatā and prescribing ‘namaḥ’ as śakti, it frames the practice as surrender-based devotion—salutation and reliance on the deity—supported by disciplined mantra procedure.
Chandas (prosody/metre) and mantra-prayoga conventions (ṛṣi–chandas–devatā–bīja–śakti) are explicitly stated, along with a bhūta-saṅkhyā style numeric code used for nyāsa/vinyāsa in ritual application.