Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 3
The Description of the Index/Summary of the Garuḍa
Purāṇa
सूर्यादिपूजनविधिर्दीक्षाविधिरतः परम् । श्राद्धपूजा ततः पश्चान्नवव्यूहार्चनं द्विज ॥ ३ ॥
sūryādipūjanavidhirdīkṣāvidhirataḥ param | śrāddhapūjā tataḥ paścānnavavyūhārcanaṃ dvija || 3 ||
इसके बाद सूर्य आदि देवताओं की पूजा-विधि, फिर दीक्षा-विधि है। तत्पश्चात् श्राद्ध-सम्बन्धी पूजा और फिर, हे द्विज, नव-व्यूहों की अर्चना (विधि) है।
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It outlines a deliberate ritual progression—deity-worship (starting with Sūrya), formal initiation (dīkṣā), ancestral rites (śrāddha), and finally higher Vaiṣṇava worship through Vyūha-arcana—showing how dharma is practiced in ordered stages.
By culminating in nava-vyūhārcana, it points devotion toward structured Vaiṣṇava worship of emanational forms (Vyūhas), implying that bhakti is supported by proper rites, purification, and lineage duties such as śrāddha.
Ritual procedure (kalpa) is central: the verse is a compact index of vidhi—how worship, initiation, and śrāddha are to be sequenced and performed according to prescribed rules.
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