Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 7
The Pañcarātra Vow (Haripañcaka Vrata): Observance from Śukla Ekādaśī to Pūrṇimā
अर्चयेत्परया भक्त्या गन्धपुष्पादिभिः क्रमात् । धूपैर्दीपैश्च नैवैद्यैस्ताम्बूलैश्च प्रदक्षिणैः ॥ ७ ॥
arcayetparayā bhaktyā gandhapuṣpādibhiḥ kramāt | dhūpairdīpaiśca naivaidyaistāmbūlaiśca pradakṣiṇaiḥ || 7 ||
परम भक्तीने क्रमाने गंध, पुष्प इत्यादी अर्पून पूजन करावे; धूप, दीप, नैवेद्य, तांबूल आणि प्रदक्षिणाही करावी.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: Ekādaśī-vrata (contextual continuation)
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches that outer worship becomes spiritually potent when performed with parā-bhakti (supreme devotion) and with disciplined order (kramāt), turning offerings and circumambulation into focused remembrance of the Lord.
Bhakti is expressed through loving service (upacāra) to the deity—fragrance, flowers, incense, lamp, naivedya, tāmbūla—and through pradakṣiṇā, showing reverence and surrender through embodied devotional acts.
Ritual procedure and sequencing—practical kalpa-style guidance—are emphasized via “kramāt,” indicating that worship follows a prescribed order of offerings and actions in formal pūjā.