Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 24
Mantra-Māhātmya and Sādhana of Kārtavīryārjuna
Nyāsa, Yantra, Homa, and Dīpa-Vrata
एवं संसाधितो मंत्रः प्रयोगार्हः प्रजायते । कार्तवीर्यार्जुनस्याथ पूजायंत्रमिहोच्यते ॥ २४ ॥
evaṃ saṃsādhito maṃtraḥ prayogārhaḥ prajāyate | kārtavīryārjunasyātha pūjāyaṃtramihocyate || 24 ||
ഇങ്ങനെ സമ്യക് സാധിതമായ മന്ത്രം പ്രയോഗയോഗ്യമാകുന്നു. ഇനി ഇവിടെ കാർതവീര്യാർജുനന്റെ പൂജാ-യന്ത്രം വിവరిచ്ചുകൊള്ളുന്നു.
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It teaches that a mantra becomes spiritually and ritually effective only after proper saṃsādhana (disciplined accomplishment); only then is it eligible for prayoga, after which the text proceeds to concrete worship aids like a yantra.
It frames devotion as regulated upāsanā: sincere practice culminates in a “ready” mantra, and worship then becomes structured through prescribed forms (like a pūjā-yantra), aligning inner bhakti with outer ritual order.
Ritual-technical knowledge: the distinction between mantra-saṃsādhana (perfection) and mantra-prayoga (application), and the use of yantra as a precise aid in pūjā—typical of Vedāṅga-aligned procedural instruction.