Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 26
Mantraśodhana, Dīkṣā-krama, Guru-Pādukā, Ajapā-Haṃsa, and Ṣaṭcakra-Kuṇḍalinī Sādhana
सुश्रीः सुरूपा कपिला हव्यकव्यवहा तथा । वह्नेर्दश कलाः प्रोक्ताः प्रोच्यंतेऽथ रवेः कलाः ॥ २६ ॥
suśrīḥ surūpā kapilā havyakavyavahā tathā | vahnerdaśa kalāḥ proktāḥ procyaṃte'tha raveḥ kalāḥ || 26 ||
सुश्री, सुरूपा, कपिला आणि हव्यकव्यवहा—या अग्निदेवाच्या दहा कला सांगितल्या आहेत. आता पुढे रवि (सूर्य) यांच्या कला वर्णिल्या जातात.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the Vedanga/technical enumeration context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It frames Agni not merely as physical fire but as a set of functional “kalās” (potencies), especially the sacred role of carrying offerings (havya) and ancestral rites (kavya), and then transitions to a similar sacred mapping for the Sun.
By identifying Agni’s divine functions in yajña and śrāddha, the verse supports devotional worship through correctly offered rites—where reverence to Agni and Surya becomes a disciplined form of devotion expressed as sacred service.
A technical, Vedanga-aligned enumeration used in ritual science: understanding Agni’s role as havyakavyavahā (ritual conveyance) and the classification of kalās supports correct application in yajña procedures and related calendrical/solar considerations when the text proceeds to Surya’s kalās.