Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 15
The Description of the Four Durgā Mantras
बाह्यावरणमारभ्य पूजयेत्प्रतिलोमतः । भूपुरे बाह्यभागेषु वज्रादीनि प्रपूजयेत् ॥ १५ ॥
bāhyāvaraṇamārabhya pūjayetpratilomataḥ | bhūpure bāhyabhāgeṣu vajrādīni prapūjayet || 15 ||
En commençant par l’enceinte extérieure, qu’on accomplisse le culte en ordre inverse (en allant vers l’intérieur). Et sur les parties externes du bhūpura (la limite carrée du maṇḍala), qu’on vénère tout particulièrement le Vajra et les autres (emblèmes/divinités protectrices).
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada on technical ritual procedure)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
It teaches that sacred worship is structured: protection and purification are established first at the outer boundary (bhūpura) before moving inward toward the central deity, ensuring a guarded and orderly approach to the divine presence.
Bhakti here is expressed as disciplined reverence—approaching the Lord through prescribed layers of worship, honoring protective powers (like Vajra) and the mandala’s boundaries so devotion becomes focused, stable, and ritually complete.
It highlights applied ritual-technology: the concept of āvaraṇas (enclosures), the bhūpura as a mandala component, and the correct sequencing of pūjā (pratiloma order) used in technical worship systems.