Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 43
Mantra-Māhātmya and Sādhana of Kārtavīryārjuna
Nyāsa, Yantra, Homa, and Dīpa-Vrata
एतेषु मंत्रवर्येषु स्वानुकूलं मनुं भजेत् । एषामाद्ये विराट्छदोऽन्येषु त्रिष्टुबुदाहृतम् ॥ ४३ ॥
eteṣu maṃtravaryeṣu svānukūlaṃ manuṃ bhajet | eṣāmādye virāṭchado'nyeṣu triṣṭubudāhṛtam || 43 ||
इन श्रेष्ठ मंत्रों में साधक अपने स्वभाव के अनुकूल मंत्र का आश्रय ले। इनमें पहला विराट् छन्द में है और शेष त्रिष्टुभ छन्द में कहे गए हैं।
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches that mantra-practice should be aligned with the practitioner’s fitness (svānukūla), and that correct chandas (metre) is part of preserving a mantra’s intended power and meaning.
By recommending a personally suitable mantra, it supports steady, heartfelt japa and worship—key to bhakti—while insisting that devotion be grounded in proper Vedic form.
Chandas (the Vedanga of Vedic metre): it identifies Virāṭ for the first mantra and Triṣṭubh for the remaining mantras, guiding correct recitation and ritual usage.