Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 19
Hayagrīva-pūjā-vyākhyāna
Worship Procedure and Mantra-Siddhi of Hayagrīva
भित्तौ संपाद्य देवेशं फलके वा प्रपूजयेत् । नित्यं सुगंधकुसुमैर्महतीं श्रियमाप्नुयात् ॥ १९ ॥
bhittau saṃpādya deveśaṃ phalake vā prapūjayet | nityaṃ sugaṃdhakusumairmahatīṃ śriyamāpnuyāt || 19 ||
ഭിത്തിയിൽ—അല്ലെങ്കിൽ മരപ്പലകയിൽ—ദേവേശന്റെ രൂപം ഒരുക്കി വിധിപൂർവ്വം പൂജിക്കണം. നിത്യം സുഗന്ധപുഷ്പങ്ങൾ അർപ്പിച്ചാൽ മഹത്തായ ശ്രീ-സമൃദ്ധി ലഭിക്കും.
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within the Upadesha dialogue)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches that devotion can be practiced even with a simple, prepared representation (on a wall or board); steady daily worship with purity and fragrance cultivates divine favor and invites Śrī—well-being and auspicious prosperity.
Bhakti is presented as consistent, accessible, and offering-centered: regular worship (nitya-pūjā) with sincere upacāras like fragrant flowers is itself a complete devotional discipline that yields both auspiciousness and spiritual merit.
It reflects kalpa-style ritual practicality: specifying an acceptable worship-support (wall/panel) and a daily offering standard (fragrant flowers), emphasizing correct procedure and regularity—core to applied ritual science.