Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 25
Mantraśodhana, Dīkṣā-krama, Guru-Pādukā, Ajapā-Haṃsa, and Ṣaṭcakra-Kuṇḍalinī Sādhana
आपूर्य कुंभं तत्रार्चेत्सोमस्य विधिवत्कलाः । धूम्रार्चिरूष्मा ज्वलिनी ज्वालिनी विस्फुलिंगिनी ॥ २५ ॥
āpūrya kuṃbhaṃ tatrārcetsomasya vidhivatkalāḥ | dhūmrārcirūṣmā jvalinī jvālinī visphuliṃginī || 25 ||
បន្ទាប់ពីបំពេញទឹកក្នុងកុម្ភៈ ត្រូវបូជាកលាទាំងប្រាំមួយនៃសោមៈតាមវិធីបូជាដែលបានកំណត់ គឺ ធូម្រារចិ (អណ្តាតភ្លើងពណ៌ផ្សែង), ឩෂ្មា (កម្តៅ), ជ្វលិនី (ឆេះរលោង), ជ្វាលិនី (អណ្តាតភ្លើង), និង វិស្ផុលិង្គិនី (បញ្ចេញផ្កាភ្លើង)។
Narada (in dialogue context with Sanatkumara tradition; instructional narration)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It frames Soma not merely as a deity but as a set of subtle ‘kalās’ (functional energies) to be invoked through precise ritual order—showing that inner forces are accessed through disciplined, rule-based worship.
Bhakti here is expressed as reverent, methodical archana: devotion becomes effective when directed to clearly named aspects of the deity (Soma’s kalās) and performed vidhivat, i.e., with care, purity, and correctness.
It highlights ritual science (Kalpa/Vedāṅga practice): the use of a kumbha, the prescribed sequence of worship, and the technical identification of deity-aspects (kalās) used in structured archana.