Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 13
Devapūjā-krama: Ārghya-saṃskāra, Maṇḍala–Nyāsa, Mudrā-pradarśana, Āvaraṇa-arcana, Homa, Japa, and Kṣamāpaṇa
तारः कार्म्ममहांस्ते तु ततो जलचराय च । वर्म फट् हृदयं पांचजन्याय हृदयं मनेः ॥ १३ ॥
tāraḥ kārmmamahāṃste tu tato jalacarāya ca | varma phaṭ hṛdayaṃ pāṃcajanyāya hṛdayaṃ maneḥ || 13 ||
त्यानंतर महाकूर्मासाठी ‘तार’ बीजाचा विन्यास करावा, मग जलचरासाठीही। पुढे ‘वर्म’ आणि ‘फट्’ यांचा प्रयोग करावा; पाञ्चजन्य (दिव्य शंख) साठी हृदय-न्यास आणि मनाच्या स्वामीसाठीही हृदय-न्यास करावा।
Sanatkumāra (in dialogue with Nārada, teaching technical mantra-vidhi/nyāsa)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It encodes a ritual sequence of bīja and protective syllables used in nyāsa, linking the practitioner’s body-mind to Viṣṇu’s cosmic supports (like Kūrma) and divine implements (Pāñcajanya) for protection and steadiness in sādhana.
Bhakti here is expressed as disciplined upāsanā: remembering and ritually installing Viṣṇu’s forms and symbols (especially the conch Pāñcajanya) so that devotion becomes embodied as protection, purity, and single-pointedness.
It highlights applied mantra-śāstra/ritual technique—use of bīja-syllables, kavaca (‘varma’), and astrā-bīja (‘phaṭ’) within nyāsa—typical of the technical (Vedāṅga-adjacent) instruction found in Book 1.3.