Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 47
Dīpa-vidhi-vyākhyānam
Procedure for Lamp-Offering to Hanumān
तत्र मालाख्यमनुना तत्तत्कार्येषु कारयेत् । गोमयेनोपलिप्तायां भूमौ तद्गतमानसः ॥ ४७ ॥
tatra mālākhyamanunā tattatkāryeṣu kārayet | gomayenopaliptāyāṃ bhūmau tadgatamānasaḥ || 47 ||
അവിടെ ‘മാലാ’ എന്നറിയപ്പെടുന്ന മന്ത്രംകൊണ്ട് അതത് കര്മ്മങ്ങള് നടത്തിക്കൊള്ളണം. ഗോമായം ലേപിച്ച നിലത്ത് ഇരുന്ന് മനസ്സിനെ ആ (വിധിയും ദേവതയും)യില് ലീനമാക്കണം.
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches that mantra-ritual efficacy depends on both outer purity (a properly prepared, purified space) and inner purity (a mind firmly concentrated on the rite and its intended divine focus).
By insisting on tad-gata-mānasaḥ—keeping the mind fixed on the object of worship—it frames devotion as sustained, undistracted remembrance during ritual action, not merely external performance.
It reflects practical ritual discipline aligned with Vedanga concerns: correct mantra application and procedural purity (shauca), including preparing the ritual ground (bhūmi) by plastering with gomaya as a traditional purificatory method.