Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 99
Śeṣoditya-Sūrya-nyāsa, Soma-sādhana, Graha-pūjā, and Bhauma-vrata-vidhi
एकविंशतिपूर्वोक्तैर्ङेनमोंतैंश्च नामभिः । ताराद्यैः प्रणमेत्पश्चात्तावत्यश्च प्रदक्षिणाः ॥ ९९ ॥
ekaviṃśatipūrvoktairṅenamoṃtaiṃśca nāmabhiḥ | tārādyaiḥ praṇametpaścāttāvatyaśca pradakṣiṇāḥ || 99 ||
മുമ്പ് ഉപദേശിച്ച ഇരുപത്തൊന്ന് നാമങ്ങൾ—‘ങേ’യിൽ ആരംഭിച്ച് ‘നമോം’, ‘തൈം’ എന്നിവ ഉൾപ്പെടെ—ജപിച്ച ശേഷം, ‘താരാ…’ തുടങ്ങിയ മന്ത്രത്തോടെ പ്രണമിക്കണം; അതേ എണ്ണത്തിൽ പ്രദക്ഷിണയും ചെയ്യണം.
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It links mantra-recitation with embodied acts of reverence—prostration and clockwise circumambulation—showing that worship is completed by both sound (nāma/mantra) and disciplined ritual conduct.
Bhakti here is expressed through orderly remembrance of sacred names/mantras followed by humble praṇāma and pradakṣiṇā, emphasizing devotion as attentive, repeated honoring of the deity through prescribed gestures.
It highlights procedural ritual knowledge—counting (saṅkhyā) and sequence (krama) in worship—typical of technical instruction allied to Vedāṅga-style discipline and mantra-prayoga.