Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 31
Kṛṣṇādi-mantra-varga-varṇana
Classification of Krishna and Related Mantras
तारः कृष्णयुगं पश्चान्महाकृष्ण इतीरयेत् । सर्वज्ञ त्वंप्रशंशब्दांते सीदमेऽग्निश्च मारम् ॥ ३१ ॥
tāraḥ kṛṣṇayugaṃ paścānmahākṛṣṇa itīrayet | sarvajña tvaṃpraśaṃśabdāṃte sīdame'gniśca māram || 31 ||
അതിനുശേഷം ‘താര’ എന്നു, പിന്നെ ‘കൃഷ്ണയുഗം’ എന്നു, തുടർന്ന് ‘മഹാകൃഷ്ണ’ എന്നു ഉച്ചരിക്കണം. അവസാനം ‘സർവ്വജ്ഞാ, നീ…’ തുടങ്ങിയ പ്രശംസാശബ്ദങ്ങളും, ‘സീദമേ’, ‘അഗ്നി’, ‘മാര’ എന്നും പറയണം।
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within Vedanga/mantra-technical teaching)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It models a precise, step-by-step mantra-sequence where divine names and praise-phrases are combined with technical mantra-words—showing that disciplined recitation (vidhi) is itself a means of sanctifying speech and mind.
By centering the recitation on Krishna-epithets (Kṛṣṇa, Mahā-kṛṣṇa) and concluding with praise (“O Omniscient One…”), it frames mantra as devotional address—bhakti expressed through correctly ordered nāma-utterance.
It highlights Shiksha/Vyakarana-style discipline: the correct order of utterance (paścāt), fixed mantra-words, and prescribed endings—key features of technical recitation rules used in ritual and mantra practice.