Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 15
Hayagrīva-pūjā-vyākhyāna
Worship Procedure and Mantra-Siddhi of Hayagrīva
एवमाराधितो मंत्री दद्यादिष्टानि मंत्रिणे । श्रीकामः पायसाज्येन सहस्रं जुहुयात्सुधीः ॥ १५ ॥
evamārādhito maṃtrī dadyādiṣṭāni maṃtriṇe | śrīkāmaḥ pāyasājyena sahasraṃ juhuyātsudhīḥ || 15 ||
Ainsi, lorsque le pratiquant du mantra a dûment apaisé la divinité du mantra, qu’il remette au prêtre officiant les offrandes prescrites. Celui qui désire la prospérité, avec sagesse, accomplira mille oblations de pāyasa (riz au lait) mêlé de ghee.
Narada (teaching in a technical/ritual instruction sequence, traditionally within the Narada–Sanatkumara dialogue frame)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It links successful mantra-propitiation with ethical ritual completion: honoring the officiant with prescribed dues and performing a disciplined homa to invoke Śrī (prosperity) through sattvic offerings.
Bhakti here is expressed as reverent, rule-based worship—propitiating the mantra-deity with faith and steadiness, and then completing the rite properly through offering and gratitude, rather than seeking results without devotion and discipline.
Kalpa (ritual science) is foregrounded: correct sequencing of mantra-sādhana, dakṣiṇā/ritual dues to the priest, and the quantified homa count (one thousand oblations) with specified havis (pāyasa mixed with ghee).