Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 143
Mahāviṣṇu-Mantras: Aṣṭākṣarī, Sudarśana-Astra, Nyāsa Systems, Āvaraṇa-Pūjā, and Prayogas
निवृत्तिश्च प्रतिष्टा च विद्यानां तैश्च तत्कलाः । इंद्राद्यानपि वञ्चादीन्पूजयेत्तदनंतरम् ॥ १४३ ॥
nivṛttiśca pratiṣṭā ca vidyānāṃ taiśca tatkalāḥ | iṃdrādyānapi vañcādīnpūjayettadanaṃtaram || 143 ||
Ensuite, qu’on vénère Nivṛtti et Pratiṣṭhā—puissances présidant aux sciences—et, avec elles, les kalās, arts secondaires relevant de ces sciences. Après cela, qu’on vénère aussi Indra et les autres dieux, avec Vaṅca et les puissances qui les accompagnent.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the Vedanga/vidyā context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It frames learning as sacred: the “sciences” (vidyā) are approached through their presiding śaktis (Nivṛtti and Pratiṣṭhā) and their kalās, indicating that knowledge bears fruit when grounded in inner restraint and stable establishment.
Bhakti here appears as reverential practice applied even to learning—worship is offered in an ordered way to the divine powers behind knowledge, culminating in honoring major deities like Indra, making study itself a devotional discipline.
The verse reflects a ritualized pedagogy common to Vedāṅga/technical instruction: before employing a vidyā and its kalās (subsidiary skills), one performs devatā-pūjā to ensure correctness, stability, and proper application of the discipline.