Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 46
Devapūjā-krama: Ārghya-saṃskāra, Maṇḍala–Nyāsa, Mudrā-pradarśana, Āvaraṇa-arcana, Homa, Japa, and Kṣamāpaṇa
यद्भक्तिलेप्तसंपर्कात्परमानंदसंभवः । तस्मै मे परणाब्जाय पाद्यं शुद्धाय कल्प्यते ॥ ४६ ॥
yadbhaktileptasaṃparkātparamānaṃdasaṃbhavaḥ | tasmai me paraṇābjāya pādyaṃ śuddhāya kalpyate || 46 ||
ഭക്തിയാൽ ലേപിതമായ സ്പർശസമ്പർക്കത്തിൽ നിന്നു പരമാനന്ദം ഉദ്ഭവിക്കുന്നവനേ—എന്റെ ശുദ്ധ, പദ്മപാദനായ പരമപ്രഭുവിന്നായി ഞാൻ ശുദ്ധ പാദ്യം (പാദപ്രക്ഷാളനജലം) ഒരുക്കുന്നു।
Narada (in a devotional/ritual offering context within the instructional dialogue)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches that supreme bliss arises through devotional association, and that ritual offerings like pādya become spiritually potent when performed with purified devotion to the lotus-footed Lord.
Bhakti is presented as the “anointing” that makes contact with the Lord transformative; the act of offering pādya is not mere formality but an expression of intimate devotion that generates paramānanda.
It reflects practical ritual procedure (upacāra in pūjā)—specifically the offering of pādya—showing how correct worship protocol is integrated with inner purity and devotion.