Mahāviṣṇu-Mantras: Aṣṭākṣarī, Sudarśana-Astra, Nyāsa Systems, Āvaraṇa-Pūjā, and Prayogas
महोपद्रवशांतिः स्यात्साधकस्य न संशयः । वश्यार्थं च सदा ध्यायेद्वह्र्याभं वह्निमण्डे ॥ १३० ॥
mahopadravaśāṃtiḥ syātsādhakasya na saṃśayaḥ | vaśyārthaṃ ca sadā dhyāyedvahryābhaṃ vahnimaṇḍe || 130 ||
Bagi pengamal, penenteraman bencana besar pasti berlaku—tiada keraguan. Dan untuk tujuan menundukkan (membuat orang lain patuh), hendaklah sentiasa bermeditasi pada wujud yang laksana api dalam maṇḍala api.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada the prayoga/dhyana method)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: shanta
It emphasizes mantra-sādhana joined with focused dhyāna as a means to calm major disturbances (mahopadrava-śānti) and stabilize the practitioner’s life through disciplined ritual concentration.
While framed as a technical prayoga, it still relies on steady contemplation (sadā dhyāna) of a luminous divine form; such one-pointed remembrance parallels bhakti’s core discipline of continuous inner fixation on the chosen form.
It reflects ritual-technical procedure (kalpa/prayoga) involving a vahni-maṇḍala (fire-circle) and prescribed visualization—typical of the Narada Purana’s Book 1.3 focus on applied sacred sciences and ritual method.