Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 64
Mahāviṣṇu-Mantras: Aṣṭākṣarī, Sudarśana-Astra, Nyāsa Systems, Āvaraṇa-Pūjā, and Prayogas
दधिमध्वाज्ययुक्तानि मृत्युं जयति साधकः । शनैश्वर दिने सम्यक् स्पृष्ट्वा श्वत्थं च पाणिना ॥ ६४ ॥
dadhimadhvājyayuktāni mṛtyuṃ jayati sādhakaḥ | śanaiśvara dine samyak spṛṣṭvā śvatthaṃ ca pāṇinā || 64 ||
Par des offrandes préparées avec caillé, miel et ghee, le pratiquant triomphe de la mort ; et, le jour de Śanaiśvara (samedi), en touchant correctement de la main l’aśvattha sacré (pipal), il obtient cette victoire.
Narada (teaching within the Narada–Sanatkumara dialogue framework)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It teaches a Jyotiṣa-linked remedial observance: Saturday (Śanaiśvara-dina) worship involving prescribed offerings and reverent contact with the aśvattha tree, said to generate protective merit symbolized as “conquering death.”
Bhakti is expressed through disciplined, rule-based reverence—offering sanctified substances and honoring a sacred embodiment of dharma (the aśvattha)—where devotion is enacted as faithful ritual conduct rather than abstract belief alone.
Jyotiṣa (Vedāṅga astrology) is implied through the timing—Śanaiśvara’s day (Saturday)—and the idea of specific, time-bound rites used for protection, longevity, and the mitigation of difficult planetary influences.