Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 96
Mahāviṣṇu-Mantras: Aṣṭākṣarī, Sudarśana-Astra, Nyāsa Systems, Āvaraṇa-Pūjā, and Prayogas
पुत्रान्पौत्रान्यशः कांतिं भुक्तिं मुक्तिं च विंदति । उत्तिष्टेति पदं पश्चाच्छ्रीकराग्निप्रियांतिमः ॥ ९६ ॥
putrānpautrānyaśaḥ kāṃtiṃ bhuktiṃ muktiṃ ca viṃdati | uttiṣṭeti padaṃ paścācchrīkarāgnipriyāṃtimaḥ || 96 ||
Dia memperoleh anak dan cucu, kemasyhuran, sinar keindahan, kenikmatan duniawi, bahkan juga mokṣa (pembebasan). Sesudah itu, ucapan penutup ialah “uttiṣṭha” (“Bangkitlah!”), yang amat dikasihi oleh Śrīkara dan Agnipriya.
Narada (teaching within a Vedanga/ritual-technical context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It presents a graded fruit of disciplined sacred utterance—starting from family continuity and social glory, moving to prosperity, and culminating in moksha—showing how ritual-technical correctness can be oriented toward liberation.
By linking auspicious results to a prescribed concluding utterance, it implies that faithful, attentive performance (śraddhā with correct mantra) becomes a devotional act that can mature from worldly well-being (bhukti) into liberation (mukti).
Mantra-prayoga and proper closure of recitation: the verse points to the importance of the correct final ‘pada’ (concluding word) in a ritual/recitation sequence—an applied, technical concern aligned with Vedanga disciplines.