Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 43
Mantra-Māhātmya and Sādhana of Kārtavīryārjuna
Nyāsa, Yantra, Homa, and Dīpa-Vrata
एतेषु मंत्रवर्येषु स्वानुकूलं मनुं भजेत् । एषामाद्ये विराट्छदोऽन्येषु त्रिष्टुबुदाहृतम् ॥ ४३ ॥
eteṣu maṃtravaryeṣu svānukūlaṃ manuṃ bhajet | eṣāmādye virāṭchado'nyeṣu triṣṭubudāhṛtam || 43 ||
ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਉੱਤਮ ਮੰਤ੍ਰਾਂ ਵਿਚੋਂ ਸਾਧਕ ਆਪਣੇ ਅਨੁਕੂਲ ਮੰਤ੍ਰ ਨੂੰ ਭਜੇ। ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਪਹਿਲਾ ਵਿਰਾਟ ਛੰਦ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਬਾਕੀ ਤ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟੁਭ ਛੰਦ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਹੇ ਗਏ ਹਨ।
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches that mantra-practice should be aligned with the practitioner’s fitness (svānukūla), and that correct chandas (metre) is part of preserving a mantra’s intended power and meaning.
By recommending a personally suitable mantra, it supports steady, heartfelt japa and worship—key to bhakti—while insisting that devotion be grounded in proper Vedic form.
Chandas (the Vedanga of Vedic metre): it identifies Virāṭ for the first mantra and Triṣṭubh for the remaining mantras, guiding correct recitation and ritual usage.