Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 57
Gaṇeśa Mantra-vidhi: Mahāgaṇapati Gāyatrī, Vakratuṇḍa Mantra, Nyāsa, Homa, Āvaraṇa-pūjā, and Caturthī Vrata
कृत्वा तस्यां समावाह्य प्राणस्थापनपूर्वकम् । अभ्यर्च्य विधिवन्मन्त्री राहुग्रस्ते निशाकरे ॥ ५७ ॥
kṛtvā tasyāṃ samāvāhya prāṇasthāpanapūrvakam | abhyarcya vidhivanmantrī rāhugraste niśākare || 57 ||
ते तयार करून, प्रथम प्राणस्थापन-विधी करून, मंत्रज्ञ पुरोहित त्यात देवतेचे आवाहन करील. राहुग्रस्त चंद्र (ग्रहणकाळी) तो शास्त्रोक्त विधीने पूजन करील.
Narada (teaching in a Vedanga/ritual-technical context, traditionally within Narada–Sanatkumara dialogue framing)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches that eclipse-time worship should be disciplined and consecrated—invocation and prāṇa-sthāpana sanctify the seat or image so the rite becomes a focused act of sacred presence rather than a mere external observance.
Bhakti here is expressed as reverent, rule-guided worship (vidhivat arcana) performed at a potent sacred time (grahaṇa), using mantra and invocation to keep devotion attentive and concentrated.
Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa and Kalpa are implied: recognizing the eclipse condition (Rāhu-grasta niśākara) and performing the correct ritual sequence—āvāhana and prāṇa-sthāpana—before formal worship.