Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 70
Dvādaśī-vrata: Month-by-month Viṣṇu Worship and the Year-End Udyāpana
हृषीकेश नमस्तुभ्यमिति संपूजयेन्नरः । चरुणा मधुयुक्तेन शतमष्टोत्तरं हुनेत् ॥ ७० ॥
hṛṣīkeśa namastubhyamiti saṃpūjayennaraḥ | caruṇā madhuyuktena śatamaṣṭottaraṃ hunet || 70 ||
“हृषीकेश, तुला नमस्कार” असे म्हणत मनुष्याने प्रभूची विधिवत पूजा करावी. मधुमिश्रित चरूने एकशे आठ आहुती द्याव्यात।
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It links devotion and ritual: verbal surrender to Hṛṣīkeśa (“namas tubhyam”) is completed by disciplined worship and a measured homa, showing bhakti expressed through sacred action.
Bhakti here is not only inner feeling; it is enacted through respectful address to Viṣṇu and attentive, repeated offerings—devotion made steady through mantra, puja, and homa.
Ritual procedure (kalpa-prayoga) is implied: specifying the offering substance (caru with honey) and the exact count (108) reflects precise homa-vidhi and mantra-based worship practice.