Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 8
Kṛṣṇādi-mantra-varga-varṇana
Classification of Krishna and Related Mantras
एवं ध्यात्वा जपेन्मंत्रान्पञ्चलक्षं पृथक् सुधीः । जुहुयात्तद्दशांशेन पायसेन ससर्पिषा ॥ ८ ॥
evaṃ dhyātvā japenmaṃtrānpañcalakṣaṃ pṛthak sudhīḥ | juhuyāttaddaśāṃśena pāyasena sasarpiṣā || 8 ||
かく観想し終えたなら、賢者なる修行者は諸マントラをそれぞれ別々に五十万回ジャパ（誦持）すべきである。次いで、ギーを加えたパーヤサ（乳粥）を供物として、その回数の十分の一に当たるだけ火供（ホーマ）を行うべし。
Narada (teaching ritual procedure, in dialogue context with Sanatkumara tradition)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches a classical sādhanā structure: meditation (dhyāna) grounds the mind, large-count mantra-japa purifies and concentrates awareness, and the follow-up homa seals the practice through sacrificial offering, integrating inner devotion with Vedic ritual action.
Even though it is technical, the sequence implies bhakti as sustained remembrance (japa after dhyāna) and self-offering (homa), where the practitioner’s devotion is expressed through disciplined repetition and consecrated oblations.
It highlights ritual mathematics and procedure used in Vedic practice—lakṣa-count japa and the daśāṃśa rule (one-tenth) for homa—along with the prescribed havis (pāyasa with ghee) for the fire-offering.