Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 57
Śeṣoditya-Sūrya-nyāsa, Soma-sādhana, Graha-pūjā, and Bhauma-vrata-vidhi
मूर्तिमूलेन संकल्प्य पूजयेद्विधिवद्विधुम् । केसरेष्वंगपूजा स्यात्पत्रेष्वेताश्च शक्तयः ॥ ५७ ॥
mūrtimūlena saṃkalpya pūjayedvidhivadvidhum | kesareṣvaṃgapūjā syātpatreṣvetāśca śaktayaḥ || 57 ||
മൂർത്തിയുടെ മൂലമന്ത്രംകൊണ്ട് സംकल्पം ചെയ്ത്, വിധിപ്രകാരം വിധു (ചന്ദ്രൻ)നെ പൂജിക്കണം. കേശരങ്ങളിൽ അങ്കപൂജ; ദളങ്ങളിൽ ഈ ശക്തികളെ സ്ഥാപിക്കണം.
Narada (teaching ritual procedure in the technical/vidhi section)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches that worship becomes effective when intention (saṅkalpa) is joined to the deity’s mūla-mantra, and when the deity is honored as a complete presence—limbs (aṅgas) and powers (śaktis) included—through a structured lotus-based ritual.
Bhakti here is expressed as disciplined reverence: the devotee approaches the deity with mantra, order, and inner resolve, treating the divine not as an idea but as a living presence honored through aṅga-pūjā and śakti-nyāsa.
It highlights ritual science (kalpa/vidhi): saṅkalpa, mūla-mantra usage, and the technical placement of aṅga-pūjā on lotus filaments and śakti-invocation on petals—an applied procedure typical of Narada Purana’s technical sections.