Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 58
Bhakti-Śraddhā-Ācāra-Māhātmya and the Commencement of the Mārkaṇḍeya Narrative
नमस्ते ध्यानगम्याय नमस्ते ध्यानहेतवे । नमस्ते ध्यानरुपाय नमस्ते ध्यानपाक्षिणे ॥ ५८ ॥
namaste dhyānagamyāya namaste dhyānahetave | namaste dhyānarupāya namaste dhyānapākṣiṇe || 58 ||
नमस्कार है आपको, जो ध्यान से प्राप्त होते हैं; नमस्कार है आपको, जो ध्यान के कारण हैं। नमस्कार है आपको, जिनका स्वरूप ही ध्यान है; नमस्कार है आपको, जो ध्यान के पंख-सदृश सहायक हैं।
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It presents the deity as both the goal and the inner mechanism of dhyāna—attainable by meditation, originating meditation, and sustaining it—pointing to non-dual devotion where practice and object converge.
By offering repeated namaskāra to the Lord as the essence of meditation, it frames bhakti as focused remembrance (smaraṇa/dhyāna) where the devotee relies on divine grace as the very support of concentration.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught directly; the practical takeaway is upāsanā-vidhi in spirit—steady dhyāna as an internal discipline supporting mantra-japa and worship.