Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 47
The Description of the Worship of Rāma and Others
Rāmādi-pūjā-vidhāna
महासुदर्शनमनुः कथ्यते सिद्धिदायकः । सुदर्शनमहाशब्दाच्चक्रराजेश्वरेति च ॥ ४७ ॥
mahāsudarśanamanuḥ kathyate siddhidāyakaḥ | sudarśanamahāśabdāccakrarājeśvareti ca || 47 ||
‘महासुदर्शन’ हा मंत्र सिद्धिदायक म्हणून सांगितला आहे। ‘सुदर्शन’ या महाशब्दापासून त्याला ‘चक्रराजेश्वर’—चक्रराजाचा अधिपती—असेही म्हणतात।
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It identifies the “Mahā-sudarśana” mantra as siddhi-dāyaka—capable of granting spiritual attainments—by invoking Sudarśana (Vishnu’s divine discus principle) as a protective and empowering deity-force.
By honoring Sudarśana as “Cakra-rājeśvara,” the verse frames mantra practice as devotion to Vishnu’s divine power—where reverent recitation and remembrance become a bhakti-based means to protection and inner accomplishment.
Mantra-vidyā is emphasized: precise sacred nomenclature (manu/mantra), correct understanding of deity-epithets, and the idea that a mantra’s name and seed-word (śabda) carry functional ritual power.