Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 5
Pañca-prakṛti-nirūpaṇa and Mantra-vidhi: Rādhā, Mahālakṣmī, Durgā, Sarasvatī, Sāvitrī; plus Sāvitrī-Pañjara
नारद उवाच । ब्रह्मंस्त्वया समाख्याता विधयस्तंत्रचोदिताः । तत्रापि कृष्णमंत्राणां वैभवं ह्युदितं महत् ॥ ५ ॥
nārada uvāca | brahmaṃstvayā samākhyātā vidhayastaṃtracoditāḥ | tatrāpi kṛṣṇamaṃtrāṇāṃ vaibhavaṃ hyuditaṃ mahat || 5 ||
နာရဒက ပြော၏။ အို အလေးအမြတ်ပြုရသော ဗြာဟ္မဏ၊ သင်သည် တန္တရများက ချမှတ်ထားသည့် အခမ်းအနားနှင့် နည်းလမ်းများကို ရှင်းလင်းပြောကြားခဲ့၏။ ထို့အပြင် ထိုအတွင်း၌ပင် ကృష్ణမန်တရတို့၏ မဟာဂုဏ်ရည်တန်ခိုးကိုလည်း ကြေညာထားလေ၏။
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It emphasizes that among many Tantra-prescribed ritual procedures, the Narada Purana highlights the exceptional spiritual potency (vaibhava) of Kṛṣṇa-mantras as a direct means toward devotion and divine grace.
By singling out Kṛṣṇa-mantras as supremely glorious within ritual systems, the verse frames mantra-japa and mantra-upāsanā as bhakti-centered practices—ritual discipline serving loving remembrance of Kṛṣṇa.
It points to applied ritual methodology (vidhi) and mantra-prayoga—how procedures are derived from authoritative textual injunctions (tantra-codita), aligning technical practice with devotional goals.