Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 6
Śuka’s Yoga-ascent, the Echo of ‘Bhoḥ’, and the Vaikuṇṭha Vision
पादात्प्रभृति गात्रेषु क्रमेण क्रमयोगवित् । ततः स प्राङ्मुखो विद्वानादित्येन विरोचिते ॥ ६ ॥
pādātprabhṛti gātreṣu krameṇa kramayogavit | tataḥ sa prāṅmukho vidvānādityena virocite || 6 ||
പാദങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നാരംഭിച്ച് അവയവങ്ങളിലേക്കു ക്രമമായി, ക്രമയോഗം അറിയുന്ന সাধകൻ തന്റെ ചേതനയെ വിന്യസിക്കണം. തുടർന്ന് ആ പണ്ഡിതൻ കിഴക്കോട്ടു മുഖം തിരിച്ച് ആദിത്യപ്രഭയിൽ ഈ ധ്യാനം നടത്തണം.
Narada (teaching in the Moksha-dharma context, in dialogue lineage associated with Sanatkumara tradition)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches a disciplined, sequential inward practice—moving awareness through the body in order—so the mind becomes steady and fit for liberation-oriented meditation.
Though primarily yogic, the east-facing, sun-illumined discipline supports bhakti by purifying attention and making the practitioner inwardly collected for remembrance and reverence toward the divine order (dharma) embodied in Āditya.
It reflects applied ritual-discipline and orientation (dik-niyama) used in sādhana—prāṅmukha posture and practice in solar light—aligning practice with traditional observances rather than grammar or astrology explicitly.