Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 174
Mahāviṣṇu-Mantras: Aṣṭākṣarī, Sudarśana-Astra, Nyāsa Systems, Āvaraṇa-Pūjā, and Prayogas
ध्यात्वैवं प्रजपेल्लक्षचतुष्कं तद्दशांशतः । कुंडेऽर्द्धचंद्रे पद्मैर्वा जातीपुष्पैश्च होमयेत् ॥ १७४ ॥
dhyātvaivaṃ prajapellakṣacatuṣkaṃ taddaśāṃśataḥ | kuṃḍe'rddhacaṃdre padmairvā jātīpuṣpaiśca homayet || 174 ||
Après avoir médité ainsi, qu’on accomplisse le japa du mantra à hauteur de quatre lakhs; puis, pour le dixième de ce nombre, qu’on offre le homa dans un foyer en forme de demi-lune, avec des fleurs de lotus ou de jasmin.
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within a Vedanga/ritual-vidhi section of Book 1.3)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It links inner contemplation (dhyāna) with disciplined practice: extensive mantra-japa is completed and then ritually “sealed” through homa in a prescribed proportion, showing how meditation, repetition, and offering work together for siddhi and purification.
Even when the focus is technical (japa counts and homa rules), the sequence begins with meditation and culminates in offering—both central bhakti gestures—training the practitioner to remember the deity and dedicate the fruit of practice through oblations.
It highlights ritual-vidhi precision: prescribed japa count (lakṣa-catuṣka), the daśāṁśa rule (one-tenth homa), and altar specification (arddha-candra kuṇḍa), reflecting applied Kalpa-style procedural knowledge.