Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 9
Devapūjā-krama: Ārghya-saṃskāra, Maṇḍala–Nyāsa, Mudrā-pradarśana, Āvaraṇa-arcana, Homa, Japa, and Kṣamāpaṇa
नेत्रं मध्ये दिक्षु चास्रं त्रिकोणे पूजयेत्ततः । मूलखंडत्रयेनाथाधारशक्तिं तु मध्यगाम् ॥ ९ ॥
netraṃ madhye dikṣu cāsraṃ trikoṇe pūjayettataḥ | mūlakhaṃḍatrayenāthādhāraśaktiṃ tu madhyagām || 9 ||
Kemudian hendaklah dipuja Netra (Mata) di tengah; dan pada arah-arah, dipuja segi tiga serta Astra (senjata-mantra). Sesudah itu, dengan tiga bahagian akar-mantra, hendaklah dipuja Ādhāra-Śakti, Kuasa Penopang yang bersemayam di pusat.
Narada (teaching a technical ritual procedure within Vedanga/ritual science context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It teaches a structured inner-and-outer worship: establishing perception (netra) at the center, protective forces (astra) and directional placements around it, and finally grounding the practice in Ādhāra-Śakti—the sustaining power at the core.
Bhakti here is expressed as disciplined upāsanā—devotion performed through precise placement and worship of sacred principles in a yantra, culminating in reverence to the foundational Śakti that supports the deity’s presence and the practitioner’s steadiness.
It highlights ritual-technical knowledge: directional arrangement (dik), geometric sanctification (trikoṇa), protective mantra-application (astra), and a structured sequence akin to mantra-nyāsa/diagram worship used in specialized ritual practice.