Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 80
The Description of the Worship of Rāma and Others
Rāmādi-pūjā-vidhāna
विश्वामित्रो मुनिश्छदो धृती रामोऽस्य देवता । तारो बीजं नमः शक्तिश्चंद्राक्ष्यब्ध्यग्निषड्भुजैः ॥ ८० ॥
viśvāmitro muniśchado dhṛtī rāmo'sya devatā | tāro bījaṃ namaḥ śaktiścaṃdrākṣyabdhyagniṣaḍbhujaiḥ || 80 ||
इस मंत्र के ऋषि विश्वामित्र हैं; छन्द ‘मुनि’ है; धृति इसकी धारक-शक्ति है; देवता राम हैं। ‘तार’ बीज है, ‘नमः’ शक्ति है; और चन्द्र–अक्षि–अब्दि–अग्नि–षड्भुज इन संख्याओं के संकेत से न्यास किया जाता है।
Narada (teaching in a technical Vedanga/mantra-vidhi section; traditional dialogue context with Sanatkumara lineage)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It preserves the orthodox mantra-lakṣaṇa framework—ṛṣi, chandas, devatā, bīja, and śakti—showing that devotional recitation must be aligned with correct Vedic-ritual knowledge (vidhi) to become spiritually efficacious.
By naming Rāma as the devatā and prescribing ‘namaḥ’ as śakti, it frames the practice as surrender-based devotion—salutation and reliance on the deity—supported by disciplined mantra procedure.
Chandas (prosody/metre) and mantra-prayoga conventions (ṛṣi–chandas–devatā–bīja–śakti) are explicitly stated, along with a bhūta-saṅkhyā style numeric code used for nyāsa/vinyāsa in ritual application.