Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 43
Mahāviṣṇu-Mantras: Aṣṭākṣarī, Sudarśana-Astra, Nyāsa Systems, Āvaraṇa-Pūjā, and Prayogas
मूर्तिं संकल्प्य मूलेन तस्यामावाह्य पूजयेत् । आदौ चांगानि संपूज्य मंत्राणां केशरेषु च ॥ ४३ ॥
mūrtiṃ saṃkalpya mūlena tasyāmāvāhya pūjayet | ādau cāṃgāni saṃpūjya maṃtrāṇāṃ keśareṣu ca || 43 ||
မူလ‑မန္တရဖြင့် ဘုရားရုပ်ကို စိတ်တွင် သံကల్ప၍ ထိုရုပ်ထဲသို့ အာဝါဟန (ဖိတ်ခေါ်တင်သွင်း) ပြီး ပူဇော်ရမည်။ အစတွင် အင်္ဂ (aṅga) များကို စုံလင်စွာ ပူဇော်ကာ၊ ထို့နောက် ပဒ္မ၏ ကေသရ (ပန်းချပ်/နေရာချထားမှု) များတွင် မန္တရများကိုလည်း ပူဇော်ရမည်။
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in an instructional dialogue)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches that worship becomes effective when the deity is intentionally visualized, invoked through the root-mantra, and then honored systematically—beginning with the aṅga (auxiliary) aspects—so the sādhaka’s mind, mantra, and ritual space align.
Bhakti here is expressed as disciplined reverence: the devotee forms the Lord’s presence through mantra and then offers worship in an ordered way, treating the mantra-limbs and their placements as sacred parts of serving the deity.
It highlights technical ritual procedure—mantra-prayoga such as āvāhana, aṅga-pūjā/nyāsa, and placing mantras in specific loci (keśara/petal points), reflecting the applied discipline of Vedic ritual science.