Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 80
The Description of the Worship of Rāma and Others
Rāmādi-pūjā-vidhāna
विश्वामित्रो मुनिश्छदो धृती रामोऽस्य देवता । तारो बीजं नमः शक्तिश्चंद्राक्ष्यब्ध्यग्निषड्भुजैः ॥ ८० ॥
viśvāmitro muniśchado dhṛtī rāmo'sya devatā | tāro bījaṃ namaḥ śaktiścaṃdrākṣyabdhyagniṣaḍbhujaiḥ || 80 ||
ဤမန္တရအတွက် ရှိ (ṛṣi) သည် ဝိශ්ဝာမိတ္တရ (Viśvāmitra) ဖြစ်သည်။ မီတာ (chandas) သည် မုနိ (Muni) ဖြစ်ပြီး၊ ထောက်တည်အား (dhṛtī) သည် ဓြတီ (Dhṛtī) ဖြစ်သည်။ အုပ်စိုးသော ဒေဝတာမှာ ရာမ (Rāma) ဖြစ်သည်။ ဘီဇ (bīja) သည် «tāra» ဖြစ်၍၊ ရှက္တိ (śakti) သည် «namaḥ» ဖြစ်ကာ၊ နျာသကို လ–မျက်စိ–သမုဒ္ဒရာ–မီး–ခြောက်လက် ဟူသော ကိန်းဂဏန်းကုဒ်အတိုင်း အသုံးချရသည်။
Narada (teaching in a technical Vedanga/mantra-vidhi section; traditional dialogue context with Sanatkumara lineage)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It preserves the orthodox mantra-lakṣaṇa framework—ṛṣi, chandas, devatā, bīja, and śakti—showing that devotional recitation must be aligned with correct Vedic-ritual knowledge (vidhi) to become spiritually efficacious.
By naming Rāma as the devatā and prescribing ‘namaḥ’ as śakti, it frames the practice as surrender-based devotion—salutation and reliance on the deity—supported by disciplined mantra procedure.
Chandas (prosody/metre) and mantra-prayoga conventions (ṛṣi–chandas–devatā–bīja–śakti) are explicitly stated, along with a bhūta-saṅkhyā style numeric code used for nyāsa/vinyāsa in ritual application.