Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 155
The Description of the Worship of Rāma and Others
Rāmādi-pūjā-vidhāna
वातात्मजेनानीताभिरोषधीभिर्गतव्यथम् । ध्यात्वा लक्षं जपन्मंत्रमल्पमृत्युं जयेद्धुवम् ॥ १५५ ॥
vātātmajenānītābhiroṣadhībhirgatavyatham | dhyātvā lakṣaṃ japanmaṃtramalpamṛtyuṃ jayeddhuvam || 155 ||
風神の子（ハヌマーン）が運び来た薬草によって苦痛は除かれる。ついで観想しつつ真言を十万遍唱えれば、必ずや「小さき死」（不時の危難）に打ち勝つ。
Sanatkumara (instructional discourse to Narada, Vedanga/ritual-mantra context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It links two classical means of relief—proper medicinal support (oṣadhi) and disciplined mantra-sādhana—showing that inner concentration (dhyāna) and sustained japa can avert untimely, avoidable calamities described as “alpa-mṛtyu.”
Bhakti here is expressed as steady, reverent mantra practice: meditating on the deity/power behind the mantra and completing lakṣa-japa with faith and focus, treating protection as grace accessed through disciplined remembrance.
It highlights mantra-prayoga: dhyāna as the preparatory limb and lakṣa-japa as a measurable rite of completion, alongside the pragmatic use of oṣadhi (traditional healing knowledge) to remove immediate affliction before undertaking the spiritual regimen.