Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 24
Dīpa-vidhi-vyākhyānam
Procedure for Lamp-Offering to Hanumān
कूटतुल्याः स्मृता नित्ये सामान्येऽथ विशेषके । रुद्राः कूटगणाः प्रोक्ता न पात्रे नियमो मतः ॥ २४ ॥
kūṭatulyāḥ smṛtā nitye sāmānye'tha viśeṣake | rudrāḥ kūṭagaṇāḥ proktā na pātre niyamo mataḥ || 24 ||
In the permanent (nitya) rites, and in observances both general and special, they are ever remembered as “equal to a lump or heap (kūṭa).” The Rudras are said to belong to the “kūṭa-groups”; and in this matter it is held that there is no fixed restriction regarding the recipient (pātra).
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada, technical classification in Vedanga/ritual context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
It emphasizes that certain divine classes (here, the Rudras) are treated as a collective category across obligatory and special rites, pointing to an underlying ritual principle: some invocations operate by fixed technical grouping rather than by individualized specification.
Indirectly, it supports disciplined worship by clarifying technical rules of rite-performance; devotion becomes steadier when ritual practice is aligned with śāstric classification rather than personal guesswork.
A Kalpa/ritual-technical point: classification of deities and applicability across nitya (obligatory) and special rites, along with the note that a strict pātra-restriction is not asserted for this particular category.