Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 70
Kṛṣṇādi-mantra-varga-varṇana
Classification of Krishna and Related Mantras
पूर्वोक्ते वैष्णवे पीठे मूर्तिं संकल्प्य मूलतः । तत्रावाह्य यजेत्कृष्णं गुरुपूजनपूर्वकम् ॥ ७० ॥
pūrvokte vaiṣṇave pīṭhe mūrtiṃ saṃkalpya mūlataḥ | tatrāvāhya yajetkṛṣṇaṃ gurupūjanapūrvakam || 70 ||
മുൻപറഞ്ഞ വൈഷ്ണവ പീഠത്തിൽ മൂർത്തിയെ അടിസ്ഥാനത്തിൽ നിന്നുതന്നെ മനസ്സിൽ സംकल्पിക്കണം; തുടർന്ന് അവിടെ ശ്രീകൃഷ്ണനെ ആവാഹനം ചെയ്ത്, ഗുരുപൂജയോടെ ആരംഭിച്ച്, അവനെ പൂജിക്കണം।
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within the Narada–Sanatkumara dialogue)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches that worship becomes spiritually grounded when the deity is established through saṅkalpa and invoked properly, and when devotion is anchored in reverence to the Guru as the gateway to divine grace.
Bhakti here is expressed as disciplined worship: mentally fixing the Lord’s presence, performing āvāhana, and offering pūjā with humility—starting with guru-pūjana, which aligns the devotee’s intention with authentic Vaiṣṇava practice.
It highlights ritual procedure and correct sequencing (saṅkalpa → āvāhana → pūjā), reflecting the technical, method-driven approach typical of Narada Purana’s instructional sections (vidhi) rather than abstract philosophy.